Investigation Report
Cut Pipeline Struck Worker and Threw Him Overboard
03-30-2013 17:15 G00572 EI/ 193A Required Evacuation / Abandonment
- BSEE
- Investigation Report
- Unknown
- DrowningFalls from heightLine of fire
- DecommissioningHot workWorking at height
- Process pipework and pipelines
- Fall preventionJob safety analysisOperational supervisionStop-work authority
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
A BSEE investigation examines an injury during pipeline removal on an unmanned platform. A tensioned pipeline moved approximately three to four feet after cutting, striking a worker and throwing him through an open hole into the Gulf. Findings address hazard reassessment, supervision, missing mechanical bracing and failure to stop work.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Decommissioning; facility dismantling.
Classifications: Hot work; welding and cutting.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
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.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.