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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
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
112 Safety Alert 112 - Fire
141 Safety Alert 141 - Fire in Rental Generator on Production Platform
173 Safety Alert 173 - Pig Launcher Explosion Results in Two Fatalities
201 Safety Alert 201 - Viton "O"-Rings Failure
230 Safety Alert 230 - Equipment Failure on Deepwater Rig While Running Casing in Open Waters
51 Safety Alert 51 - Fatality, Falling Object
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
176 Safety Alert 176 - Mud Logging Unit Explosion and Fire
204 Safety Alert 204 - Pipe Rack Finger Failure Results in Fatality and Injury
233 Safety Alert 233 - Potential Obstructions to Mariners and Offshore Operators
54 Safety Alert 54 - Welding Fire
83 Safety Alert 83 - Fire , Oil Sprays from Valve
26 Safety Alert 26 - Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Ventura Profit Center Production and Drilling
237 Safety Alert 237 - Post-Hurricane Construction Fatality and Other Incidents
14 Safety Alert 14 - Carbon Monoxide
118 Safety Alert 118 - Prohibited Use of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
147 Safety Alert 147 - Fire from Generator Engine Exhaust Leak Igniting Fiberglass Panel
179 Safety Alert 179 - Drilling Accident Results in One Fatality
207 Safety Alert 207 - Rental Crane Bracing Failure Results in Fatality
26 Safety Alert 26 - Crown Block on Workover Rig Fails, Fatality
57 Safety Alert 57 - Fatality, Crane Accident
86 Safety Alert 86 - Fatality
29 Safety Alert 29 - Unocal Energy Resources Division Unocal Corporation Platform Henry
16 Safety Alert 16 - Rupture Of Sour Gas Piping
120 Safety Alert 120 - Fire During Turbine Compressor Start-Up
15 Safety Alert 15 - Fatality, Lubricator Fails
181 Safety Alert 181 - Rig Collapse with Fatalities and Injuries
21 Safety Alert 21 - Traveling Block Falls, Fatality
3 Safety Alert 3 - Flash Fire, Glycol Gas Dehydrator Unit
6 Safety Alert 6 - Barrels of Deadly Poisonous Cyanide Adrift in the Gulf
89 Safety Alert 89 - Blowout and Fire, 8 Fatalities
32 Safety Alert 32 - Exxon Company, U.S.A. Platform Harmoney Santa Ynez Unit
243 Safety Alert 243 - Unplanned Riser Disconnect Results in Spill
20 Safety Alert 20 - Skim Pile Sheening Incident
123 Safety Alert 123 - Shallow Gas Blowout
152 Safety Alert 152 - Circulating with Natural Gas Through Coil Tubing
184 Safety Alert 184 - Fire with Fatality and Injuries
212 Safety Alert 212 - Shallow Gas Blowout and Rig Evacuation
33 Safety Alert 33 - Flash Fire, Men Burned