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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
304 Safety Alert 304 - Boom Hoist Wire Rope Failure Results in Fatality Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting
303 Safety Alert 303 - Lower Marine Riser Package (LMRP) Connector Failure BOP/LMRP Failures, Well Operations
302 Safety Alert 302 - Pressure beneath a Surface Bridge Plug Blows Work String out of Well Well Control, Well Operations
301 Safety Alert 301 - Fall/Fatality during P&A/Platform Abandonment General, Grating/Open Holes
300 Safety Alert 300 - Unplanned Emergency Disconnect Sequence (EDS) of the Lower Marine Riser Package BOP/LMRP Failures, Well Operations
299 Safety Alert 299 - Failure to Properly Bleed Tubing Hanger Void Results in Injury Well Control, Well Operations
298 Safety Alert 298 - Electric Line Failure from Corrosion Results in Injury Component Failures, Cranes/Lifting
297 Safety Alert 297 - Potable Water Pressure Tank Bladder Rupture Process Safety, Production
296 Safety Alert 296 - Catastrophic Failures in Mooring Systems Possibly Put Floating Structures at Risk Production, Structural
294 Safety Alert 294 - Blowout Preventer Automatic Mode (Deadman) Activation BOP/LMRP Failures, Well Operations
295 Safety Alert 295 - Compressor Fire Resulting from Separated Fuel Line Coupling Fire, Process Safety
293 Safety Alert 293 - Platform RTU Battery Charger Fire Batteries, Electrical
292 Safety Alert 292 - Synthetic Base Mud (SBM) Inadvertently Discharged Overboard General, Spill/Pollution
291 Safety Alert 291 - Cutting into Process Piping Results in Pollution Event General, Spill/Pollution
290 Safety Alert 290 - Plugged Flame Arrestor Results in Rupture of Oil Storage Tanks Explosion, Production
289 Safety Alert 289 - Failure to Follow Lock-Out/Tag-Out Procedures Results in Gas Release Gas Release, General
288 Safety Alert 288 - Pipe Handling Operations Result in Fatality Pipe Handling, Well Operations
287 Safety Alert 287 - Hot Bolting Fire Fire, Other
2 Safety Alert 2 - Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Fire Resulting in Multiple Fatalities and Release of Oil Well Control, Well Operations
284 Safety Alert 284 - Diverter Flow Event
285 Safety Alert 285 - Compressor Starter Exhaust Flash Fire
286 Safety Alert 286 - Fire Inside AC Evaporator Enclosure
283 Safety Alert 283 - Crane Shock-Loading resulting from Casing Jack’s Hydraulic Hose Fitting Failure
281 Safety Alert 281 - Drilling Rig Air-Operated Hoist Operation Fatality
282 Safety Alert 282 - Job Safety Analysis (JSA)
280 Safety Alert 280 - Worker Fatally Struck by Moving Pipe During Pipelay Operations
279 Safety Alert 279 - Nylon Sling Failure
278 Safety Alert 278 - One Killed when Oil Pollution Pan Falls
277 Safety Alert 277 - Mechanical Motion Equipment Injuries
275 Safety Alert 275 - Wellhead Damage Caused by Hurricane
274 Safety Alert 274 - Wireline BOP and Lubricator Ejection into GOM
272 Safety Alert 272 - Corroded Ring Gasket Causes Loss of Well Control
273 Safety Alert 273 - Drilling Rig Generator Electrical Equipment Fire
271 Safety Alert 271 - Motor Vessel to Platform Boat Landing Transfer Fatality
270 Safety Alert 270 - Dresser-Rand D-VIP Compressor Cylinder Head Replacement for Acorn Nut Part Number TEVM0001
269 Safety Alert 269 - Loss of Well Control from Sustained Casing Pressure
268 Safety Alert 268 - Traveling Block Assembly Strikes Crown Block
266 Safety Alert 266 - Trouble Shooting Production Platform Upset Problems
267 Safety Alert 267 - Post-Hurricane Recovery, Repair and Construction Efforts
265 Safety Alert 265 - Pipeline Ruptures Spilling 870 Barrels of Crude Oil
264 Safety Alert 264 - Dynamic Pipeline Riser Inspection, Maintenance, & Monitoring Records on OCS Floating Facilities
263 Safety Alert 263 - Pipeline Pump Fire
261 Safety Alert 261 - Manually Operated Drains
262 Safety Alert 262 - Sudden Crane Boom Crash Injures One
260 Safety Alert 260 - Guide Post Fails Catastrophically, Causes Fatality
258 Safety Alert 258 - Falling Debris Causes Injury
259 Safety Alert 259 - Catastrophic Failures in Mooring Systems Possibly Put Floating Structures at Risk
257 Safety Alert 257 - Three Crane Accidents Caused by Improper Rigging
256 Safety Alert 256 - Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
255 Safety Alert 255 - Compressor Explosion