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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
254 Safety Alert 254 - Falling Drill Pipe Causes Fatality
253 Safety Alert 253 - Plug and Abandonment of Non-producing Wells and Facilities
252 Safety Alert 252 - Retrieving Storm Packers
251 Safety Alert 251 - Collapse of Pipe Supporting Coil Tubing Causes Drowning
250 Safety Alert 250 - Plug and Abandonment Operations Lead to Fatality and Brief Loss of Well Control
246 Safety Alert 246 - Stainless Steel Tubing-Related Fires
242 Safety Alert 242 - 2006 Fatalities
241 Safety Alert 241 - Shallow-Gas Blowout and Rig Evacuation
240 Safety Alert 240 - Conducting Activities In the Vicinity of Offshore Pipelines
239 Safety Alert 239 - Casing Bleed-down into Plastic Drum Results in Fire on Platform
238 Safety Alert 238 - Floorhand Crushed During a Through-Rotary Man-Riding Operation
231 Safety Alert 231 - Human Engineering Factors Result in Increasing Number of Riser Disconnects
197 Safety Alert 197 - Environmental Design Criteria
182 Safety Alert 182 - Post-Hurricane Startup Procedures Fail to Identify Pipeline Damage Resulting in Oil Spill
168 Safety Alert 168 - Twisted Valve Stem and Ineffective Level Safety High Result in Oil Spill
9 Safety Alert 9 - Platform Helideck Obstructions
6 Safety Alert 6 - Pipeline Damaged by Grappling Hook
86 Safety Alert 86 - Stabbing Board Struck by Travelling Block
124 Safety Alert 124 - Pedestal Crane Boom Wire Rope Failure
109 Safety Alert 109 - Fire
3 Safety Alert 3 - Drill Ship Damage by Liquid Nitrogen Spill
75 Safety Alert 75 - Helicopter Crashes: 17 Fatalities
9 Safety Alert 9 - Fatality
60 Safety Alert 60- Gas Starter Fire: Man Burned
58 Safety Alert 58 - Fatality, Stabbing Board Falls
46 Safety Alert 46 - Fire: Lube Oil on Engine Exhaust
42 Safety Alert 42 - Hydraulic Pump Reservoir Ruptures
1 Safety Alert 1 - Well Kick Due to Swabbing
30 Safety Alert 30 - Fire in Generator Turbine
29 Safety Alert 29 - Heater Explodes
1 Safety Alert 1 - Flash Fire from Liquid Phase Heat Transfer Unit
9 Safety Alert 9 - Series of Accidents
33 Safety Alert 33 - Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Venture Profit Center Production and Drilling
244 Safety Alert 244 - Two Injured in Separate Incidents from Lack of Fall Protection and Improper Supervision
7 Safety Alert 7 - Platform Helideck Closing Procedures
153 Safety Alert 153 - Fire Caused by Cutting Torch Used to Cut Tubing
210 Safety Alert 210 - Blowout After Cementing Surface Casing
63 Safety Alert 63 - Oil Spill, Fuel Transfer Hose Broke
92 Safety Alert 92 - Testing of Subsurface Safety Valves
36 Safety Alert 36 - Torch Operating Company Platform Irene Production
248 Safety Alert 248 - Stainless Steel Tubing-Related Fires
234 Safety Alert 234 - Potential Obstructions to Mariners and Offshore Operators
21 Safety Alert 21 - Pollution from Production Operations Due to Improper Diversion of Production Flow and Rupture Disc Failure
127 Safety Alert 127 - Injury While Retesting Blowout Preventers
156 Safety Alert 156 - Fire on the Water Beneath Facilities
185 Safety Alert 185 - Installation and Inspection of Concrete Mats
213 Safety Alert 213 - Marine Riser Failure
34 Safety Alert 34 - Fire, Leaking Glass Sight Gage
66 Safety Alert 66 - Blowouts from Surface Casing, Conductor Casing Annulus
95 Safety Alert 95 - Crane Accident, Fatality