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A comprehensive report on dropped objects incidents in offshore operations from 2015 to 2016, highlighting specific incidents and safety precautions. Stay informed to prevent accidents.
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Dropped Objects Update February 2016 Donald Dobson Health & Safety Executive Offshore Division
Derrick etc. Dropped Objects 2015 • During rope access inspection of crown, spanner (0.3kg) detached from lanyard & fell 64m to pipe deck • While running 10-3/4” casing Topdrive Casing Alignment Tool (T-CAT) piston rod (4kg) detached & fell 15m to rig floor. (Diller picked up too high putting weight of casing string on single-joint elevators)
Derrick & Well Ops Dropped Objects – 2016 • Piece of angle iron (7.75kg) detached from draw-works HVAC ducting & fell 20m to doghouse roof & striking glancing blow to IP’s hard hat (IP received first aid for stiff neck)
Crane & Lifting Operations - 2015 • Steel inspection hatch (3.6kg) fell 7.6m from crane air intake
Lifting Operations 2016 • Lifting LMRP, 10ft piece of dunnage fell 7m from LMRP to deck • Moving gravel pack engine (15 Tonne), crane main hoist wire failed; load descended 6m to deck • During lift through hatch, steel section (14kg) caught by tag line and fell 5.4m to level below.
Other Dropped Objects - 2015 • Redundant vent pipe cowling (1.8kg) fell 10m to 15m to cellar deck in high winds • Sheet steel insulation (2m x 0.25m) believed to have fallen 30m from exhaust stack to deck • GPA warning beacon (20kg) parted from mounting and fell 2m to extent of cable. Combination of high wind and incorrect bolt. • Unsecured spanner (1.2kg) fell through deck penetration 8m to grating below • Tubular handrail (1kg) fell 11m to cellar deck (corroded welds) • Hammer head (3.2kg) fell 4.8m to scaffold platform (hammer shaft broke) • Fibreglass cover (7kg) to helideck fire hose box detached by wind to fall 6.8m to walkway • During storm, scaffold board (14kg)worked loose & fell 16m to level below • Section of turbine exhaust (50kg) came adrift inn high wind & fell 3m to deck • After storm scaffold access platform under cellar deck found damaged with sections missing or hanging 15m below
Other Dropped Objects – 2016 • 120o section of conductor buffer (20kg) found detached from deck, landing on scaffolding 9m below • Hammering loose corrosion prior to cutting & removal, section of diesel pipe-work (5kg) detached & fell 3m • Section of steel cladding (7kg) from 18” pipe, detached & fell 5.5m • Part of turret wind wall cladding (15.6kg) dislodged by high wind (74kt gusting to 97kt); blown directly into sea. • During high winds, 9 scaffold boards (18kg each) supporting stairwell cladding dislodged and fell between 3m & 11m • During high winds, section of helideck panels (180 kg) came free from mounting & fell 13m to crane pedestal • Instrument tech dislodged scaffold pole (8.9kg) which fell through deck penetration to deck below, having previously fallen 3m in to mech workshop