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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
20 Safety Alert 20 - Crane Accident, Fatality
20 Safety Alert 20 - Exxon Offshore Storage & Treating Vessel Santa Ynez
20 Safety Bulletin 020 - Use of Marine Power Cable Standards and Codes Electrical, Subsea
19 Safety Alert 19 - Pump Can Pollution Incident
19 Safety Alert 19 - Pump Can Pollution Incident
19 Safety Alert 19 - Safety System Failure, Oil Spill
19 Safety Bulletin 019 - Hydraulic Jack Falls During Lift, Causing Injury Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting
18 Safety Alert 18 - Well-Control Equipment Circumvention
18 Safety Alert 18 - Men Drowned
18 Safety Alert 18 - Safety Award
18 Safety Bulletin 018 - Hoisting Evacuation Must Be Included in Emergency Response Plans General, SEMS
17 Safety Alert 17 - Electrical Wiring Inspection And Maintenance
17 Safety Alert 17 - Fire, Men Burned
17 Safety Alert 17 - Unocal Production Department, Platform Irene
17 Safety Bulletin 017 - Tool Lanyards Improperly Used as Hard Hat Lanyard General, Other
16 Safety Alert 16 - Rupture Of Sour Gas Piping
16 Safety Alert 16 - Rupture Of Sour Gas Piping
16 Safety Alert 16 - Fatality
16 Safety Alert 16 - Shell Western E&P, Inc., Beta Production
16 Safety Bulletin 016 - Operator Fails to Ensure Contractor Adheres to Imperative Regulations Regarding BOP Testing Contractor Management, Well Operations
15 Safety Alert 15 - Electrical Cable Testing
15 Safety Alert 15 - Fatality, Lubricator Fails
15 Safety Alert 15 - Shell California Production Inc., Beta Production
15 Safety Bulletin 015 - Fatality Related to Restricted Access Zones Personnel Safety, Well Operations
14 Safety Alert 14 - Carbon Monoxide
14 Safety Alert 14 - Fire, Capsized Barge Ruptures Gas Line
14 Safety Alert 14 - Sun Exploration and Production Company
14 Safety Bulletin 014 - Explosion and Fire Gas Pig Pigging Operations, Production
13 Safety Alert 13 - Crane Accident
13 Safety Alert 13 - Fire, Chlorine Gas
13 Safety Alert 13 - Ventura District Pacific OCS Region Shell California Production Inc.
13 Safety Bulletin 013 - Corrosion Under Insulation Equipment Maintenance, Fire
12 Safety Alert 12 - Accidents
12 Safety Alert 12 - Boat Collides with Well
12 Safety Bulletin 012 - Three Burn Injuries Due to External Heater Treater Fire Fire, Process Safety
11 Safety Alert 11 - Crane/helicopter Operations
11 Safety Bulletin 011 - Concerns with Epoxy Adhesives - March 12, 2018 General, Other
10 Safety Alert 10 - Lifting Operations
10 Safety Alert 10 - Stem Blowout of Grove B-4 Ball Valves
10 Safety Bulletin 010 - Complacency in Aviation is Everyone’s Challenge - February 20, 2018 Aviation, General
9 Safety Alert 9 - Platform Helideck Obstructions
9 Safety Alert 9 - Series of Accidents
9 Safety Alert 9 - Fatality
9 Safety Bulletin 009 - Failure to Detect Proper Plug Seal - November 27, 2017 Subsea, Well Operations
8 Safety Alert 8 - Lifting Operations
8 Safety Alert 8 - Catalytic Gas Heaters
8 Safety Bulletin 008 Structural Failure of Crane Swing Gear Drive Housing Injures Three 9-11-2017b Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting
7 Safety Alert 7 - Platform Helideck Closing Procedures
7 Safety Alert 7 - Lack of Adequate Supervision by Lease Operator of Contract Personnel
7 Safety Bulletin 007 - $2.7 Million in Damages from Faulty Sight Glass Valves - August 2, 2017 Fire, Personnel Safety