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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
285 Safety Alert 285 - Compressor Starter Exhaust Flash Fire
2 Safety Alert 2 - Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Fire Resulting in Multiple Fatalities and Release of Oil Well Control, Well Operations
287 Safety Alert 287 - Hot Bolting Fire Fire, Other
288 Safety Alert 288 - Pipe Handling Operations Result in Fatality Pipe Handling, Well Operations
289 Safety Alert 289 - Failure to Follow Lock-Out/Tag-Out Procedures Results in Gas Release Gas Release, General
290 Safety Alert 290 - Plugged Flame Arrestor Results in Rupture of Oil Storage Tanks Explosion, Production
291 Safety Alert 291 - Cutting into Process Piping Results in Pollution Event General, Spill/Pollution
292 Safety Alert 292 - Synthetic Base Mud (SBM) Inadvertently Discharged Overboard General, Spill/Pollution
293 Safety Alert 293 - Platform RTU Battery Charger Fire Batteries, Electrical
295 Safety Alert 295 - Compressor Fire Resulting from Separated Fuel Line Coupling Fire, Process Safety
294 Safety Alert 294 - Blowout Preventer Automatic Mode (Deadman) Activation BOP/LMRP Failures, Well Operations
296 Safety Alert 296 - Catastrophic Failures in Mooring Systems Possibly Put Floating Structures at Risk Production, Structural
297 Safety Alert 297 - Potable Water Pressure Tank Bladder Rupture Process Safety, Production
298 Safety Alert 298 - Electric Line Failure from Corrosion Results in Injury Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting
299 Safety Alert 299 - Failure to Properly Bleed Tubing Hanger Void Results in Injury Well Control, Well Operations
300 Safety Alert 300 - Unplanned Emergency Disconnect Sequence (EDS) of the Lower Marine Riser Package BOP/LMRP Failures, Well Operations
301 Safety Alert 301 - Fall/Fatality during P&A/Platform Abandonment General, Grating/Open Holes
302 Safety Alert 302 - Pressure beneath a Surface Bridge Plug Blows Work String out of Well Well Control, Well Operations
303 Safety Alert 303 - Lower Marine Riser Package (LMRP) Connector Failure BOP/LMRP Failures, Well Operations
304 Safety Alert 304 - Boom Hoist Wire Rope Failure Results in Fatality Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting
305 Safety Alert 305 - Explosion, Fire and Fatalities West Delta Block 32 Platform E Explosion, Production
306 Safety Alert 306 - Trapped Pressure Beneath a Tubing Plug Blows Work String from Well Well Control, Well Operations
307 Safety Alert 307 - Lower Stairwell Step Collapses Causing Injury General, Grating/Open Holes
308 Safety Alert 308 - Overloading Leads to Catastrophic Failure of Crane Boom Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting
309 Safety Alert 309 - Misuse of Beam Clamps as Ground Electrical, Grounding
310 Safety Alert 310 - Hydraulic Workover Unit Toppled by Waterspout General, Weather
311 Safety Alert 311 - Methane Venting Hazard to Helicopter Operations Aviation, General
312 Safety Alert 312 - Dynamic Positioning System Failures On Vessels Other Than Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (Vessels) Dynamic Positioning, Well Operations
313 Safety Alert 313 - Snake Grip Failure on Drill Line Pipe Handling, Well Operations
314 Safety Alert 314 - Operator Electrocuted Trying to Charge a Battery Batteries, Electrical
315 Safety Alert 315 - Dynamic Positioning System Failures on Offshore Supply Vessels Engaged in Oil and Gas Operations Dynamic Positioning, Well Operations
317 Safety Alert 317 - Catastrophic Incident Avoided Cranes/Lifting, Critical Lifts
316 Safety Alert 316 - Aviation Near Miss Aviation, General
318 Safety Alert 318 - Connector and Bolt Failures BOP/LMRP Failures, Well Operations
319 Safety Alert 319 - Chemical Injection Point Corrosion Causes Production Header Failure Process Safety, Production
320 Safety Alert 320 - Automatic Pipe Handling System Drops Drill Pipe Pipe Handling, Well Operations
321 Safety Alert 321 - Additional Catastrophic Incident Attributed to Ejection of Traveling Slips Cranes/Lifting, Other
322 Safety Alert 322 - Helideck Obstructions and Compounding Procedural Errors Contribute to Five Near Misses on OCS Aviation, General
323 Safety Alert 323 - Subsea Flowline Failure Causes Pollution Incident and Delayed Detection Leads to Larger Spill Volume Subsea, Well Operations
1 Safety Bulletin 001 - WD 105 E Safety Bulletin - Electrostatic Heater - November 10, 2016 Explosion, Production
2 Safety Bulletin 002 - KC 96 - Fatality During Pipe Handling - March 3, 2017 Pipe Handling, Well Operations
324 Safety Alert 324 - Serious Incidents Associated with Pipe Racking Systems Pipe Handling, Well Operations
3 Safety Bulletin 003 - Personal Protective Equipment Limits Thermal Exposure - April 27, 2017 Fire, PPE
4 Safety Bulletin 004 - Mud/Gas Separator Cleaning Results in Death Personnel Safety, Well Operations
5 Safety Bulletin 005 - Failures in Backup Power Supply Increases Potential Severity of Multiple Incidents - July 28, 2017 Electrical, Power Outage
6 Safety Bulletin 006 - Dropped Moon Pool Flap Poses Threat - July 28, 2017 Subsea, Well Operations
7 Safety Bulletin 007 - $2.7 Million in Damages from Faulty Sight Glass Valves - August 2, 2017 Fire, Personnel Safety
8 Safety Bulletin 008 Structural Failure of Crane Swing Gear Drive Housing Injures Three 9-11-2017b Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting
325 Safety Alert 325 - Bolt Failures BOP/LMRP Failures, Well Operations
9 Safety Bulletin 009 - Failure to Detect Proper Plug Seal - November 27, 2017 Subsea, Well Operations