Safety Shares
The Center for Offshore Safety’s safety share documents are listed below:
Bolded documents marked with * indicate safety shares released in 2023
Dropped Objects
- 55lb Valve Falls 15ft in Dropped Object Near Miss
- 59lb Brake Falls off Catwalk in Line of Fire Near Miss
- Corrosion Result in Door Coming Off Aluminum Container
- Helicopter Operations - Rotor Wash Hazard
- Inadequately Maintained Windsock Falls to Deck Creating a Dropped Object Hazard
- Staging Materials Near Handrail Results in Dropped Object
- Stored 2500lb Elevator Links Descend 69 Inches to Deck
- Unstable Load Results in Injury
Mechanical Lifting
- Casting Joint Unexpected Release from Lift Nubbin
- Dropped Counterweight
- Lifting Eye Unexpectedly Came Free
- Miscommunication During Crane Maintenance Leads to Injury*
- Rigger Lifted from Boat by Tagline
- Service Vessel Downline Contacts Mooring Line
- Sheave Assembly Failure During Heavy Lift
Process Safety
- Blind Skillet in Mud Gas Separator Vent Line
- Blinds in Relief Header Result in Tank Damage
- Coiled Tubing Failure During Pressure Test
- Compressor Flash Fire
- High Pressure Release from Sales Gas Meter
- Inadequate PPE During Transfer Leads to Chemical Exposure*
- Inadvertent Activation of Critical BOP Function Results in Subsea Release
- Loss of Flare Purge Results in Detonations
- Maintenance Job Scope Change Results in LOPC
- Misaligned 3-Way Valve Leads to Atmospheric Release*
- Misuse of Hoses Drains High Pressure Equipment
- Offshore Worker Stops Work and Prevents Potential Process Safety Incident
- Subsea Leak from Well Jumper
- Stop Work Authority Used to Prevent Serious Incident
- Trapped Pressure Inside Valve Body
- Unexpected High Pressure in Depleted Zone
Other
- Assumptions of Others' Knowledge & Skills Results in Methanol Discharge
- Breathing Welding Gas Instead of Air
- Bosun Trapped Between Cargo on Vessel
- EDS vs ESD
- Human Error Prompts Human Performance Correction
- Lock Out Tag Out Process Not Executed Causing a Fault Out
- Misdirected Blowdown to Maintenance Vent through 3-Way Valve Resulting in Flammable Gas Release
- Maintenance Job Scope Change Results in LOPC
- Poor Communication Leads to Total Facility Shutdown
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