Investigation Report
Wireline Operator Fell While Loosening Well Cap
10-18-2010 16:00 G02587 SM/128 Required Evacuation - RW/JT (>3 days) - Other
- BSEE
- Investigation Report
- Unknown
- Falls from height
- Well interventionWorking at height
- Fall protection equipmentHand tools
- Fall preventionJob safety analysisOperational supervisionStop-work authority
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
An investigation examines a wireline operator’s fall while loosening a well cap with a pipe wrench. He struck an ESD panel and the main deck, sustaining a torso laceration. Findings address unused fall protection, inadequate supervision, previously reviewed job safety controls and failure to exercise stop-work authority.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Well intervention; workover; well servicing.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Fall prevention; edge protection; guardrails.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.