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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
254 Safety Alert 254 - Falling Drill Pipe Causes Fatality
253 Safety Alert 253 - Plug and Abandonment of Non-producing Wells and Facilities
252 Safety Alert 252 - Retrieving Storm Packers
251 Safety Alert 251 - Collapse of Pipe Supporting Coil Tubing Causes Drowning
250 Safety Alert 250 - Plug and Abandonment Operations Lead to Fatality and Brief Loss of Well Control
246 Safety Alert 246 - Stainless Steel Tubing-Related Fires
242 Safety Alert 242 - 2006 Fatalities
241 Safety Alert 241 - Shallow-Gas Blowout and Rig Evacuation
240 Safety Alert 240 - Conducting Activities In the Vicinity of Offshore Pipelines
239 Safety Alert 239 - Casing Bleed-down into Plastic Drum Results in Fire on Platform
238 Safety Alert 238 - Floorhand Crushed During a Through-Rotary Man-Riding Operation
231 Safety Alert 231 - Human Engineering Factors Result in Increasing Number of Riser Disconnects
197 Safety Alert 197 - Environmental Design Criteria
182 Safety Alert 182 - Post-Hurricane Startup Procedures Fail to Identify Pipeline Damage Resulting in Oil Spill
168 Safety Alert 168 - Twisted Valve Stem and Ineffective Level Safety High Result in Oil Spill
9 Safety Alert 9 - Platform Helideck Obstructions
6 Safety Alert 6 - Pipeline Damaged by Grappling Hook
86 Safety Alert 86 - Stabbing Board Struck by Travelling Block
124 Safety Alert 124 - Pedestal Crane Boom Wire Rope Failure
109 Safety Alert 109 - Fire
3 Safety Alert 3 - Drill Ship Damage by Liquid Nitrogen Spill
75 Safety Alert 75 - Helicopter Crashes: 17 Fatalities
9 Safety Alert 9 - Fatality
60 Safety Alert 60- Gas Starter Fire: Man Burned
58 Safety Alert 58 - Fatality, Stabbing Board Falls
46 Safety Alert 46 - Fire: Lube Oil on Engine Exhaust
42 Safety Alert 42 - Hydraulic Pump Reservoir Ruptures
1 Safety Alert 1 - Well Kick Due to Swabbing
30 Safety Alert 30 - Fire in Generator Turbine
29 Safety Alert 29 - Heater Explodes
1 Safety Alert 1 - Flash Fire from Liquid Phase Heat Transfer Unit
15 Safety Alert 15 - Shell California Production Inc., Beta Production
49 Safety Alert 49 - Plains Exploration & Production Company Platforms B And C
139 Safety Alert 139 - Pollution from Production Operations Due to Rupture Disc Failure
225 Safety Alert 225 - Fatality on Rig Caused by Snagged Barricade
78 Safety Alert 78 - Explosion and Fire
18 Safety Alert 18 - Safety Award
54 Safety Alert 54 - Venoco Inc Platforms Gail And Grace
112 Safety Alert 112 - Fire
141 Safety Alert 141 - Fire in Rental Generator on Production Platform
170 Safety Alert 170 - Stabbing Board Fatality and Injury
2 Safety Alert 2 - Shallow Drilling Hazards
228 Safety Alert 228 - Vent Gas Migrates Through Cable Entrance Hole, Motor Control Center Explodes
49 Safety Alert 49 - Oil Spill, Safety Equipment Failure
80 Safety Alert 80 - Gas Fire, Extensive Platform Damage
23 Safety Alert 23 - Texaco Exploration and Production, Inc., Platform Harvest
234 Safety Alert 234 - Potential Obstructions to Mariners and Offshore Operators
11 Safety Alert 11 - Crane/helicopter Operations
115 Safety Alert 115 - Fire
144 Safety Alert 144 - Uncontrolled Shallow Gas Flow