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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
8 Safety Alert 8 - Lifting Operations
128 Safety Alert 128 - Platform Fire
157 Safety Alert 157 - Wireline Accident Involving the Formation of an Ice Plug in the Lubricator
186 Safety Alert 186 - Accidental Disconnect of Marine Drilling Risers
214 Safety Alert 214 - Flash Fire and Explosion from Inadequately Vented Production Vessel
35 Safety Alert 35 - Fire, Choke Cap Blows Off
64 Safety Alert 64 - Uncontrolled Gas Flow
93 Safety Alert 93 - Flowline Parts, Injury
37 Safety Alert 37 - Torch Operating Company Platform Gilda Production Contractor for Nuevo Energy Company
249 Safety Alert 249 - Training
18 Safety Alert 18 - Well-Control Equipment Circumvention
130 Safety Alert 130 - Fire
16 Safety Alert 16 - Fatality
189 Safety Alert 189 - Guardrails
217 Safety Alert 217 - Loss of Control Associated with Setting Surface Casing
38 Safety Alert 38 - Fatality, Man Knocked Overboard
67 Safety Alert 67 - Fatality
96 Safety Alert 96 - Crane Accident
40 Safety Alert 40 - ExxonMobile Production Company Platform Harmony
100 Safety Alert 100 - Explosion, Fire
133 Safety Alert 133 - Degreaser Fire
162 Safety Alert 162 - Accidents on the OCS Involving Drilling Rigs, Derrick Barges, Pipeline Lay Barges, and Anchor-handling Vessels
191 Safety Alert 191 - Drillship Draw Works Failure
22 Safety Alert 22 - Cap Blows Off of Choke Body, Man Burned
40 Safety Alert 40 - Beam Falls, Man Injured
7 Safety Alert 7 - Lack of Adequate Supervision by Lease Operator of Contract Personnel
99 Safety Alert 99 - Construction Accident, Fatality
43 Safety Alert 43 - Torch Operating Company Torch Rig Services Platforms Henry and Hillhouse Drilling/Production Contractor
103 Safety Alert 103 - Blowout
136 Safety Alert 136 - Air Volume Tank Explosion
165 Safety Alert 165 - Shallow Gas Flows While Cementing Surface Casing
194 Safety Alert 194 - Guardrails
222 Safety Alert 222 - Riser Flexible Joints
43 Safety Alert 43 - Shallow Gas Blowout
72 Safety Alert 72 - Explosion, Fire
46 Safety Alert 46 - Helmerich & Payne, Inc. Platforms Harmony and Heritage Drilling Contractor for ExxonMobil Company
106 Safety Alert 106 - Blowout
139 Safety Alert 139 - Pollution from Production Operations Due to Rupture Disc Failure
225 Safety Alert 225 - Fatality on Rig Caused by Snagged Barricade
15 Safety Alert 15 - Shell California Production Inc., Beta Production
49 Safety Alert 49 - Plains Exploration & Production Company Platforms B And C
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
78 Safety Alert 78 - Explosion and Fire
18 Safety Alert 18 - Safety Award
54 Safety Alert 54 - Venoco Inc Platforms Gail And Grace