Safety Alerts Program

BSEE Safety Alerts are tools used by BSEE to inform the offshore energy industry of the circumstances surrounding an incident or a near miss. They also contain recommendations that should help prevent the recurrence of such an incident on the OCS.

Safety Alerts Program

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Safety Category

Number	Title	Date	Category
480	BSEE Safety Alert 480 - Fingerboard Locking Bolt Failure Leads to Near Miss Incident	01/25/2024	Cranes/Lifting, Personnel Safety, Pipe Handling
472	Safety Alert 472 - Tote Tank Drain Nozzles Pose Leak Hazard	11/09/2023	Cranes/Lifting, Critical Lifts, Equipment, Spill/Pollution
468	BSEE Safety Alert 468 - Red Zone Hazards Pose Increased Risk to Personnel During Lifting Operations	08/29/2023	Cranes/Lifting, Personnel Safety, Tag Lines
461	BSEE Safety Alert 461 - Recent Tagline Entanglements Result in Several high Potential Near Misses	05/01/2023	Cranes/Lifting
460	BSEE Safety Alert 460 - Overhaul Ball Crashes to Deck Resulting in High Potential Near-Miss Fatality	03/10/2023	Cranes/Lifting
457	BSEE Safety Alert 457 -Broken Breaker Bar Injury with Medical Evaluation Guidance	03/16/2023	Cranes/Lifting
456	BSEE Safety Alert 456 - Extreme Caution Advised During Swing Rope Transfers	02/21/2023	Cranes/Lifting
455	BSEE Safety Alert 455 - Person Injured when Safety Mechanisms Failed	02/17/2023	Cranes/Lifting
454	BSEE Safety Alert 454 - Auxiliary Line Abrading Causes Rope Guard Failure	12/14/2022	Cranes/Lifting
452	BSEE Safety Alert 452 - Ineffective Stinger Hook Pin Installation - High potential for injury and Equipment Damage	12/12/2022	Cranes/Lifting
448	BSEE Safety Alert 448 - Hazards Associated with Cranes on Idle Facilities Pose Safety and Environmental Risks	08/10/2022	Cranes/Lifting
446	BSEE Safety Alert 446 - Unsafe Working Practices Result in Crane Injury	07/20/2022	Cranes/Lifting, Personnel Safety
445	BSEE Safety Alert 445 - Stored Energy in Slings Causes Multiple Injuries	06/29/2022	Cranes/Lifting, Personnel Safety, Tag Lines
435	BSEE Safety Alert 435 - Breakdowns in Communication and Preparation Lead to Failure of Synthetic Slings	03/31/2022	Cranes/Lifting
433	BSEE Safety Alert 433 - Crane Anti-Two Block Weight Pulled into Boom Tip Causing Damages to Auxiliary Cable and Sheave	03/16/2022	Cranes/Lifting
429	BSEE Safety Alert 429 - Jacking Up Lift Boat During Crane Operations	02/25/2022	Cranes/Lifting, Personnel Safety
428	BSEE Safety Alert 428 - Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container - FIBC - Parted Straps Result in Near Misses	02/17/2022	Cranes/Lifting
426	BSEE Safety Alert 426 - BSEE Identifies Dropped Object Hazards during Risk Based Inspections	09/14/2021	Cranes/Lifting, General
424	BSEE Safety Alert 424 - Recent Uptick in Lifting Injuries due to Unrecognized Pinch Point Hazards	08/12/2021	Cranes/Lifting
422	BSEE Safety Alert 422 - Miscommunication of Load Weight Leads to a Lifting High Potential Lifting Near Miss	08/10/2021	Cranes/Lifting
404	BSEE Safety Alert 404 - BSEE Establishes Goal to Reduce Lifting Incidents by 50%	11/23/2020	Cranes/Lifting, SEMS
393	Safety Alert 393 - Adverse Weather and Sea Conditions Complicate Dynamic Lifts	09/23/2020	Cranes/Lifting, Weather
392	Safety Alert 392 - Personnel Transfer Injuries Escalate Over 1-Year Period	09/21/2020	Cranes/Lifting, Personnel Transfers
391	Safety Alert 391 - Improper Use of Equipment Results in Shock Loaded Crane and Damaged Tension Packer	09/17/2020	Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting
383	Safety Alert 383 - Lifting Incidents Involving Tote Tanks	05/11/2020	Cranes/Lifting, Critical Lifts
362	Safety Alert 362 - Poor Tag Line Awareness Leads to Multiple Incidents	07/29/2019	Cranes/Lifting, Tag Lines
361	Safety Alert 361 - Multiple Crane Incidents during Heavy Lifting Operations	07/19/2019	Cranes/Lifting, Critical Lifts
360	Safety Alert 360 - Collision Leads to Significant Near Miss	07/11/2019	Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting
358	Safety Alert 358 - Dislodged Boom Pawl Pin Unnoticed by Crane Operator during Pre-use Inspection	07/09/2019	Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting
346	Safety Alert 346 - Fractures Found on Stainless Steel Fittings	01/25/2019	Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting
342	Safety Alert 342 - Hydraulic Boom Cylinder Failures	10/25/2018	Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting
332	Safety Alert 332 - Crane Hazards Identified by BSEE in Risk Based Inspections	05/10/2018	Cranes/Lifting, Other
331	Safety Alert 331 - Personnel Transfers by Swing Rope and Personnel Basket	04/04/2018	Cranes/Lifting, Personnel Transfers
329	Safety Alert 329 - Potentially Catastrophic Crane and Lifting Incidents	02/20/2018	Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting
321	Safety Alert 321 - Additional Catastrophic Incident Attributed to Ejection of Traveling Slips	07/25/2016	Cranes/Lifting, Other
317	Safety Alert 317 - Catastrophic Incident Avoided	06/12/2015	Cranes/Lifting, Critical Lifts
308	Safety Alert 308 - Overloading Leads to Catastrophic Failure of Crane Boom	03/19/2014	Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting
304	Safety Alert 304 - Boom Hoist Wire Rope Failure Results in Fatality	02/01/2013	Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting
298	Safety Alert 298 - Electric Line Failure from Corrosion Results in Injury	12/30/2011	Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting
19	Safety Bulletin 019 - Hydraulic Jack Falls During Lift, Causing Injury	08/15/2019	Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting
8	Safety Bulletin 008 Structural Failure of Crane Swing Gear Drive Housing Injures Three 9-11-2017b	09/15/2017	Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting