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Incident Date: | 17/04/2010 |
Summary: | A barrel of oil was being lifted and transferred using a barrel lift which was suspended from a crane. During the lift the barrel fell from the device causing it to fall approx 50 ft onto the skid beam and rupturing , spilling it's contentsa onto the deck |
Incident consequences (potential or actual): | HIPO |
Cause of accident or incident: | Moving, flying or falling object |
Activity Location: | Any Location Type |
Activity Type: | Lifting, crane, rigging, deck operations |
Description: | A barrel of oil was being lifted and transferred using a barrel lift which was suspended from a crane. During the lift the barrel fell from the device causing it to fall approx 50 ft onto the skid beam and rupturing , spilling it's contentsa onto the deck |
Specific Equipment: | Barrel lifting device suspended from the rig crane. |
Lessons Learnt: | Attached to this alert is a report from Safelift Offshore Ltd explaining clearly the correct method and application of this type of equipment.
This update is attached to the original alert on 26th July 2010. |
Task Description: | A barrel of oil was being lifted and transferred using a barrel lift which was suspended from a crane. During the lift the barrel fell from the device causing it to fall approx 50 ft onto the skid beam and rupturing , spilling it's contentsa onto the deck |
Recommendations: | Once the investigation is complete a more comprehensive alert will be issued |
Contact Details: | Step Change in Safety |
Figures: | No figures available. |
| Posted: 31/05/2010 |
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