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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
217 Safety Alert 217 - Loss of Control Associated with Setting Surface Casing
218 Safety Alert 218 - Fall Results in Fatality
219 Safety Alert 219 - Loss of Well Control While Drilling Surface Hole
220 Safety Alert 220 - Lifting Fatality
221 Safety Alert 221 - Hanger Failure and Ejection Lead to Well Control Incident
222 Safety Alert 222 - Riser Flexible Joints
223 Safety Alert 223 - Loss of Well Control
224 Safety Alert 224 - Erroneous Activation of Dump Valve Causes Loss of 165 bbls of Oil-Based Mud
225 Safety Alert 225 - Fatality on Rig Caused by Snagged Barricade
226 Safety Alert 226 - Pressure Rise to Surface after Cementing Leads to Burst Casing and Loss of Control
227 Safety Alert 227 - Explosion and Fire on Platform Caused by Improper Welding and Burning Practice
228 Safety Alert 228 - Vent Gas Migrates Through Cable Entrance Hole, Motor Control Center Explodes
229 Safety Alert 229 - Inadequate Job Planning Results in Atmospheric Release of Gas
230 Safety Alert 230 - Equipment Failure on Deepwater Rig While Running Casing in Open Waters
231 Safety Alert 231 - Human Engineering Factors Result in Increasing Number of Riser Disconnects
231 Safety Alert 231 - Human Engineering Factors Result in Increasing Number of Riser Disconnects
232 Safety Alert 232 - Tropical Storm Preparedness
233 Safety Alert 233 - Potential Obstructions to Mariners and Offshore Operators
233 Safety Alert 233 - Potential Obstructions to Mariners and Offshore Operators
233 Safety Alert 233 - Potential Obstructions to Mariners and Offshore Operators
234 Safety Alert 234 - Potential Obstructions to Mariners and Offshore Operators
234 Safety Alert 234 - Potential Obstructions to Mariners and Offshore Operators
235 Safety Alert 235 - Multiple Cable Transit Failures
236 Safety Alert 236 - Fatality Caused by Snagged Stabbing Board
237 Safety Alert 237 - Post-Hurricane Construction Fatality and Other Incidents
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
243 Safety Alert 243 - Unplanned Riser Disconnect Results in Spill
244 Safety Alert 244 - Two Injured in Separate Incidents from Lack of Fall Protection and Improper Supervision
245 Safety Alert 245 - Serious Fire Caused by Methanol Sprayed from Duct-Tape Repaired Hose
246 Safety Alert 246 - Stainless Steel Tubing-Related Fires
247 Safety Alert 247 - Fatality on Storm-Damaged Platform
248 Safety Alert 248 - Stainless Steel Tubing-Related Fires
249 Safety Alert 249 - Training
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
258 Safety Alert 258 - Falling Debris Causes Injury
259 Safety Alert 259 - Catastrophic Failures in Mooring Systems Possibly Put Floating Structures at Risk
260 Safety Alert 260 - Guide Post Fails Catastrophically, Causes Fatality
261 Safety Alert 261 - Manually Operated Drains
262 Safety Alert 262 - Sudden Crane Boom Crash Injures One