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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
16 Safety Bulletin 016 - Operator Fails to Ensure Contractor Adheres to Imperative Regulations Regarding BOP Testing Contractor Management, Well Operations
17 Safety Alert 17 - Electrical Wiring Inspection And Maintenance
17 Safety Alert 17 - Fire, Men Burned
17 Safety Alert 17 - Unocal Production Department, Platform Irene
17 Safety Bulletin 017 - Tool Lanyards Improperly Used as Hard Hat Lanyard General, Other
18 Safety Alert 18 - Well-Control Equipment Circumvention
18 Safety Alert 18 - Men Drowned
18 Safety Alert 18 - Safety Award
18 Safety Bulletin 018 - Hoisting Evacuation Must Be Included in Emergency Response Plans General, SEMS
19 Safety Alert 19 - Pump Can Pollution Incident
19 Safety Alert 19 - Pump Can Pollution Incident
19 Safety Alert 19 - Safety System Failure, Oil Spill
19 Safety Bulletin 019 - Hydraulic Jack Falls During Lift, Causing Injury Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting
20 Safety Alert 20 - Skim Pile Sheening Incident
20 Safety Alert 20 - Crane Accident, Fatality
20 Safety Alert 20 - Exxon Offshore Storage & Treating Vessel Santa Ynez
20 Safety Bulletin 020 - Use of Marine Power Cable Standards and Codes Electrical, Subsea
21 Safety Alert 21 - Pollution from Production Operations Due to Improper Diversion of Production Flow and Rupture Disc Failure
21 Safety Alert 21 - Traveling Block Falls, Fatality
21 BSEE Safety Bulletin 021 - Multiple Arc Flash Incidents on Offshore Facilities Arc Flash, Electrical
22 Safety Alert 22 - Cap Blows Off of Choke Body, Man Burned
22 Safety Alert 22 - Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Gas Release from Piping Corrosion Failure Near a Weld
22 Safety Alert 22 - Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Gas Release from Piping Corrosion Failure Near a Weld
22 Safety Alert 22 - Unocal Platform Henry OCS-P-0240 Santa Barbara Channel
23 Safety Alert 23 - Sump Tank Fire, Man Burned
23 Safety Alert 23 - Texaco Exploration and Production, Inc., Platform Harvest
24 Safety Alert 24 - Shallow Gas Blowouts, One Rig Lost
24 Safety Alert 24 - Chevron Platform Gail
25 Safety Alert 25 - Man Falls from Derrick Ladder, Fatality
25 Safety Alert 25 - Exxon Company U.S.A. Platforms Harmony and Heritage Santa Ynez Unit
26 Safety Alert 26 - Crown Block on Workover Rig Fails, Fatality
26 Safety Alert 26 - Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Ventura Profit Center Production and Drilling
27 Safety Alert 27 - Gas in Generator Room Explodes
27 Safety Alert 27 - Exxon Company, U.S.A. Platform Harmony Santa Ynez Unit
28 Safety Alert 28 - Weld Fails, Derrick Collapses
28 Safety Alert 28 - Exxon Company, U.S.A. Platforms Harmony and Heritage Santa Ynez Unit
29 Safety Alert 29 - Unocal Energy Resources Division Unocal Corporation Platform Henry
29 Safety Alert 29 - Heater Explodes
30 Safety Alert 30 - Fire in Generator Turbine
30 Safety Alert 30 - Dual Drilling Platform Hermosa
31 Safety Alert 31 - Oil Spill, Loading Diesel Fuel
31 Safety Alert 31 - Texaco Exploration and Production Inc. Platform Harvest
32 Safety Alert 32 - Exxon Company, U.S.A. Platform Harmoney Santa Ynez Unit
33 Safety Alert 33 - Flash Fire, Men Burned
33 Safety Alert 33 - Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Venture Profit Center Production and Drilling
34 Safety Alert 34 - Fire, Leaking Glass Sight Gage
34 Safety Alert 34 - Exxon Company, U.S.A. Platforms Harmony and Heritage Production
35 Safety Alert 35 - Fire, Choke Cap Blows Off
35 Safety Alert 35 - Helmerich & Payne, Inc. Platform Heritage Drilling Contractor for Exxon Company, U.S.A.
36 Safety Alert 36 - Fatality