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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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

Number Title Date Category
109 Safety Alert 109 - Fire
124 Safety Alert 124 - Pedestal Crane Boom Wire Rope Failure
86 Safety Alert 86 - Stabbing Board Struck by Travelling Block
6 Safety Alert 6 - Pipeline Damaged by Grappling Hook
9 Safety Alert 9 - Platform Helideck Obstructions
168 Safety Alert 168 - Twisted Valve Stem and Ineffective Level Safety High Result in Oil Spill
182 Safety Alert 182 - Post-Hurricane Startup Procedures Fail to Identify Pipeline Damage Resulting in Oil Spill
197 Safety Alert 197 - Environmental Design Criteria
231 Safety Alert 231 - Human Engineering Factors Result in Increasing Number of Riser Disconnects
238 Safety Alert 238 - Floorhand Crushed During a Through-Rotary Man-Riding Operation
239 Safety Alert 239 - Casing Bleed-down into Plastic Drum Results in Fire on Platform
240 Safety Alert 240 - Conducting Activities In the Vicinity of Offshore Pipelines
241 Safety Alert 241 - Shallow-Gas Blowout and Rig Evacuation
242 Safety Alert 242 - 2006 Fatalities
246 Safety Alert 246 - Stainless Steel Tubing-Related Fires
250 Safety Alert 250 - Plug and Abandonment Operations Lead to Fatality and Brief Loss of Well Control
251 Safety Alert 251 - Collapse of Pipe Supporting Coil Tubing Causes Drowning
252 Safety Alert 252 - Retrieving Storm Packers
253 Safety Alert 253 - Plug and Abandonment of Non-producing Wells and Facilities
254 Safety Alert 254 - Falling Drill Pipe Causes Fatality
255 Safety Alert 255 - Compressor Explosion
256 Safety Alert 256 - Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
257 Safety Alert 257 - Three Crane Accidents Caused by Improper Rigging
259 Safety Alert 259 - Catastrophic Failures in Mooring Systems Possibly Put Floating Structures at Risk
258 Safety Alert 258 - Falling Debris Causes Injury
260 Safety Alert 260 - Guide Post Fails Catastrophically, Causes Fatality
262 Safety Alert 262 - Sudden Crane Boom Crash Injures One
261 Safety Alert 261 - Manually Operated Drains
263 Safety Alert 263 - Pipeline Pump Fire
264 Safety Alert 264 - Dynamic Pipeline Riser Inspection, Maintenance, & Monitoring Records on OCS Floating Facilities
265 Safety Alert 265 - Pipeline Ruptures Spilling 870 Barrels of Crude Oil
266 Safety Alert 266 - Trouble Shooting Production Platform Upset Problems
267 Safety Alert 267 - Post-Hurricane Recovery, Repair and Construction Efforts
268 Safety Alert 268 - Traveling Block Assembly Strikes Crown Block
269 Safety Alert 269 - Loss of Well Control from Sustained Casing Pressure
270 Safety Alert 270 - Dresser-Rand D-VIP Compressor Cylinder Head Replacement for Acorn Nut Part Number TEVM0001
271 Safety Alert 271 - Motor Vessel to Platform Boat Landing Transfer Fatality
273 Safety Alert 273 - Drilling Rig Generator Electrical Equipment Fire
272 Safety Alert 272 - Corroded Ring Gasket Causes Loss of Well Control
274 Safety Alert 274 - Wireline BOP and Lubricator Ejection into GOM
275 Safety Alert 275 - Wellhead Damage Caused by Hurricane
277 Safety Alert 277 - Mechanical Motion Equipment Injuries
278 Safety Alert 278 - One Killed when Oil Pollution Pan Falls
279 Safety Alert 279 - Nylon Sling Failure
280 Safety Alert 280 - Worker Fatally Struck by Moving Pipe During Pipelay Operations
281 Safety Alert 281 - Drilling Rig Air-Operated Hoist Operation Fatality
282 Safety Alert 282 - Job Safety Analysis (JSA)
283 Safety Alert 283 - Crane Shock-Loading resulting from Casing Jack’s Hydraulic Hose Fitting Failure
286 Safety Alert 286 - Fire Inside AC Evaporator Enclosure
284 Safety Alert 284 - Diverter Flow Event