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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
20 Safety Bulletin 020 - Use of Marine Power Cable Standards and Codes Electrical, Subsea
366 Safety Alert 366 - Dangerous Levels Of H2S Detected At Offshore Facilities General, H2S
367 Safety Alert 367 - Saturated Glycol Handling Leads to Fire Equipment Startup, Fire
21 BSEE Safety Bulletin 021 - Multiple Arc Flash Incidents on Offshore Facilities Arc Flash, Electrical
368 Inadvertent Opening of Valve Under Pressure Causes Injury Process Safety, Production
369 Safety Alert 369 - Non-OEM Parts Were Significant Causal Factors in Two Recent Loss of Control of Traveling Block Incidents Equipment, Well Operations
370 Safety Alert 370 Overcharged Battery in Non-Ventilated Box Batteries, Electrical
371 Safety Alert 371 - Conductor Failures Put Workers' Safety and the Environment at Risk Production, Structural
372 Safety Alert 372 - Improper Use of Equipment Causes Blasting Cap Misfire General, Other
373 Safety Alert 373 - Lightning Strikes Threaten Aircraft on Helidecks General, Weather
374 Safety Alert 374 - Air Compressor Flaws Lead to Engine Fire Equipment Maintenance, Fire
375 Safety Alert 375 - OEM Publishes Safety Notice on Defective Shackles General, Manufacturer Deficiency Alert / Safety Notice
376 Safety Alert 376 - Rig Floorman Pinned by Moving Equipment Personnel Safety, Well Operations
377 Safety Alert 377 - Improperly Bypassed Safety Devices Poses Work and Environmental Hazards Process Safety, Production
378 Safety Alert 378 - Unsecured Trough Drain Grating Poses Tripping Hazard Equipment Maintenance, Fire
379 Safety Alert 379 - Broken Compressor Heat Exchanger Causes Fire General, Grating/Open Holes
380 Safety Alert 380 - Subsea Jumper Failure Leads to Leak Production, Subsea
382 BSEE Safety Alert 382 – BSEESafe Subscribers General, SEMS
381 BSEE Safety Alert 381 - Common Operator Deficiencies Discovered by SEMS General, Other
383 Safety Alert 383 - Lifting Incidents Involving Tote Tanks Cranes/Lifting, Critical Lifts
384 BSEE Safety Alert 384 - Preventing Static Discharge Electrical, Static Discharge
385 BSEE Safety Alert 385 - Improper Installation of Safety Device Process Safety, Production
386 BSEE Safety Alert 386 - Turbo and Exhaust Manifold Fires Related to Engines Equipment Maintenance, Fire
387 BSEE Safety Alert 387 - Chemical Packing Leads to Fire Extinguisher Failure Equipment Maintenance, Fire
388 Safety Alert 388 - Malfunctioning Storage Batteries Cause Fires and Explosions Batteries, Electrical
389 Safety Alert 389 - Fatality Caused By Freefalling Pipe Underscores the Need to Adhere to Safety and Environmental Management Systems & Safe Work Practices General, SEMS
390 Safety Alert 390 - Incorrect Elevator Assembly Injures an Electric Line Helper Equipment, Well Operations
391 Safety Alert 391 - Improper Use of Equipment Results in Shock Loaded Crane and Damaged Tension Packer Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting
392 Safety Alert 392 - Personnel Transfer Injuries Escalate Over 1-Year Period Cranes/Lifting, Personnel Transfers
393 Safety Alert 393 - Adverse Weather and Sea Conditions Complicate Dynamic Lifts Cranes/Lifting, Weather
394 BSEE Safety Alert 394 - Recently Discovered Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities May Impact Energy Company Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity, General
395 BSEE Safety Alert 395 - Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Locations Increase Risk of Fire Electrical, Equipment Installations
396 BSEE Safety Alert 396 - Risk of Fires from Adjustable Speed Drives ASDs Electrical, Short-Circuits
397 BSEE Safety Alert 397 - Fire Tube Hazards Increase Risk of Flame Migration Process Safety, Production
398 BSEE Safety Alert 398 - Lifeboat Failures and Damage Occur During Maintenance General, Lifesaving Equipment
399 BSEE Safety Alert 399 - Grating Failures Cause a Fatality and a Serious Near Miss General, Grating/Open Holes
400 BSEE Safety Alert 400 - Trapped Pressure Ejects Rod From Chamber and Strikes Subsea Technician in the Face Well Control, Well Operations
401 BSEE Safety Alert 401 - BSEE Identifies Improvements to Hurricane Preparedness During Risk Based Inspections General, Weather
402 BSEE Safety Alert 402 - Deficiencies in Process Piping Cause Gas Release Incidents Pipe Handling, Well Operations
403 BSEE Safety Alert 403 - Findings from Pandemic Management Risk Based Inspections Personnel Safety, PPE
404 BSEE Safety Alert 404 - BSEE Establishes Goal to Reduce Lifting Incidents by 50% Cranes/Lifting, SEMS
405 BSEE Safety Alert 405 - Blind Shear Rams Damaged after Inadvertently Closing on Tool String Equipment
406 BSEE Safety Alert 406 - Labeling, Removing, Storing and Installing Hatch Covers Equipment Installations
407 BSEE Safety Alert 407 - Risk-Based Inspections of Subsea Leak Detection Technology Reveals Gaps in System Processes Production, Subsea
408 BSEE Safety Alert 408 - Fire Damages a Platform’s Living Quarters and Nearby Areas Fire, Living Quarters
410 Safety Alert 410 - Damaged Electric Cord Results in Arc Arc Flash
409 BSEE Safety Alert 409 - Fall from Platform Results in a Fatality Personnel Safety
411 BSEE Safety Alert 411 - Electrical Fire Damages Equipment in Motor Control Center Arc Flash, Fire, Power Outage
414 BSEE Safety Alert 414 - Ship Allisions Result in Severe Damage to Fixed Facilities
412 BSEE Safety Alert 412 - Failure to Follow Procedures Results in Pollution Incidents Spill/Pollution