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
• Accepted Practice Results in Dropped Object Hi-Po*
• Center of Gravity Miscalculation Results in Dropped Pipe*
• Corroded Piping Section Falls During Decommissioning*
• Corrosion Result in Door Coming Off Aluminum Container
• Helicopter Operations - Rotor Wash Hazard
• Inadequately Maintained Windsock Falls to Deck Creating a Dropped Object Hazard
• Solenoid Ricochets from Crows Nest*
• Staging Materials Near Handrail Results in Dropped Object
• Stored 2500lb Elevator Links Descend 69 Inches to Deck
• Umbilical Lubricator Tool Dropped During Installation*
• 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
• Workers "Borrow" Air Tugger leading to Near-Hit*

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
• Non-Locking Valve Leads to Triethylene Glycol Release*
• 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
• Whipping Pressurized Hose Injures Two*

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
• Failure to Recognize Rotor Wash Hazard Sends Cart Overboard*
• Fiberglass Cracking on Fast Rescue Craft*
• Hi-Po: Worker Falls Through Grating Over Caisson*
• Human Error Prompts Human Performance Correction
• Improper Use of Cutting Tool Results in Injury*
• 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
• Paint Products Mixed for Disposal Results in a Muster Event*
• Poor Communication Leads to Total Facility Shutdown
• Slip and Fall While Boarding a Bouy*
• Vessel Set Adrift During Storm with 168 Aboard*
• Worker in a Pickle (Confined Space)*