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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
429 BSEE Safety Alert 429 - Jacking Up Lift Boat During Crane Operations Cranes/Lifting, Personnel Safety
428 BSEE Safety Alert 428 - Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container - FIBC - Parted Straps Result in Near Misses Cranes/Lifting
427 BSEE Safety Alert 427 - Hazards When Replacing Grating Grating/Open Holes
426 BSEE Safety Alert 426 - BSEE Identifies Dropped Object Hazards during Risk Based Inspections Cranes/Lifting, General
425 BSEE Safety Alert 425 - Drawworks Parking Brake Failure General
424 BSEE Safety Alert 424 - Recent Uptick in Lifting Injuries due to Unrecognized Pinch Point Hazards Cranes/Lifting
423 BSEE Safety Alert 423 - BSEE Inspector Nearly Falls Through Unsecure Grating Grating/Open Holes, Structural
422 BSEE Safety Alert 422 - Miscommunication of Load Weight Leads to a Lifting High Potential Lifting Near Miss Cranes/Lifting
421 BSEE Safety Alert 421 - Metal Obstructions Lead To Hand Injuries Hand Injuries
420 Safety Alert 420 - Employee Injures Hand in Rotating Equipment Hand Injuries
419 BSEE Safety Alert 419 - Failed Seal on Subsea Safety Valve Causes Leak Spill/Pollution, Subsea
418 BSEE Safety Alert 418 - Failure To Revise Job Safety Analysis Leads To Injury Personnel Safety
417 BSEE Safety Alert 417 - Inadquate operation of circuit breaker Electrical
416 BSEE Saftey Alert 416 - Investigation into Grating Failure Fatality Reveals Deficiencies 031121a General, Grating/Open Holes
415 BSEE Safety Alert 415 - Inadequate Preparations in Advance of Inclement Weather Results in Excessive Rig Damage and Risk to Personnel Weather
414 BSEE Safety Alert 414 - Ship Allisions Result in Severe Damage to Fixed Facilities
413 BSEE Safety Alert 413 - Hazards Identified in Level I Surveys not Communicated to Affected Personnel Personnel Safety, Structural
412 BSEE Safety Alert 412 - Failure to Follow Procedures Results in Pollution Incidents Spill/Pollution
411 BSEE Safety Alert 411 - Electrical Fire Damages Equipment in Motor Control Center Arc Flash, Fire, Power Outage
410 Safety Alert 410 - Damaged Electric Cord Results in Arc Arc Flash
409 BSEE Safety Alert 409 - Fall from Platform Results in a Fatality Personnel Safety
408 BSEE Safety Alert 408 - Fire Damages a Platform’s Living Quarters and Nearby Areas Fire, Living Quarters
407 BSEE Safety Alert 407 - Risk-Based Inspections of Subsea Leak Detection Technology Reveals Gaps in System Processes Production, Subsea
406 BSEE Safety Alert 406 - Labeling, Removing, Storing and Installing Hatch Covers Equipment Installations
405 BSEE Safety Alert 405 - Blind Shear Rams Damaged after Inadvertently Closing on Tool String Equipment
404 BSEE Safety Alert 404 - BSEE Establishes Goal to Reduce Lifting Incidents by 50% Cranes/Lifting, SEMS
403 BSEE Safety Alert 403 - Findings from Pandemic Management Risk Based Inspections Personnel Safety, PPE
402 BSEE Safety Alert 402 - Deficiencies in Process Piping Cause Gas Release Incidents Pipe Handling, Well Operations
401 BSEE Safety Alert 401 - BSEE Identifies Improvements to Hurricane Preparedness During Risk Based Inspections General, Weather
400 BSEE Safety Alert 400 - Trapped Pressure Ejects Rod From Chamber and Strikes Subsea Technician in the Face Well Control, Well Operations
399 BSEE Safety Alert 399 - Grating Failures Cause a Fatality and a Serious Near Miss General, Grating/Open Holes
398 BSEE Safety Alert 398 - Lifeboat Failures and Damage Occur During Maintenance General, Lifesaving Equipment
397 BSEE Safety Alert 397 - Fire Tube Hazards Increase Risk of Flame Migration Process Safety, Production
396 BSEE Safety Alert 396 - Risk of Fires from Adjustable Speed Drives ASDs Electrical, Short-Circuits
395 BSEE Safety Alert 395 - Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Locations Increase Risk of Fire Electrical, Equipment Installations
394 BSEE Safety Alert 394 - Recently Discovered Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities May Impact Energy Company Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity, General
393 Safety Alert 393 - Adverse Weather and Sea Conditions Complicate Dynamic Lifts Cranes/Lifting, Weather
392 Safety Alert 392 - Personnel Transfer Injuries Escalate Over 1-Year Period Cranes/Lifting, Personnel Transfers
391 Safety Alert 391 - Improper Use of Equipment Results in Shock Loaded Crane and Damaged Tension Packer Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting
390 Safety Alert 390 - Incorrect Elevator Assembly Injures an Electric Line Helper Equipment, Well Operations
389 Safety Alert 389 - Fatality Caused By Freefalling Pipe Underscores the Need to Adhere to Safety and Environmental Management Systems & Safe Work Practices General, SEMS
388 Safety Alert 388 - Malfunctioning Storage Batteries Cause Fires and Explosions Batteries, Electrical
387 BSEE Safety Alert 387 - Chemical Packing Leads to Fire Extinguisher Failure Equipment Maintenance, Fire
386 BSEE Safety Alert 386 - Turbo and Exhaust Manifold Fires Related to Engines Equipment Maintenance, Fire
385 BSEE Safety Alert 385 - Improper Installation of Safety Device Process Safety, Production
384 BSEE Safety Alert 384 - Preventing Static Discharge Electrical, Static Discharge
383 Safety Alert 383 - Lifting Incidents Involving Tote Tanks Cranes/Lifting, Critical Lifts
382 BSEE Safety Alert 382 – BSEESafe Subscribers General, SEMS
381 BSEE Safety Alert 381 - Common Operator Deficiencies Discovered by SEMS General, Other
380 Safety Alert 380 - Subsea Jumper Failure Leads to Leak Production, Subsea