Multiple training and also workers safety and security failings brought about a 2020 employee casualty aboard the Pacific Khamsin drillship in the Gulf of Mexico, the Bureau of Safety and also Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) claimed in a current record.
A gear crewmember was eliminated on August 23, 2020 while aiding his group in bursting out screws and also drawing riser joints to the surface area as the Pacific Drilling drillship staff prepared to safeguard the well and also leave the area in advance of inbound tornados. The drillship was under agreement with Total E&P U.S.A., performing well procedures in Garden Banks Block 1003, around 174 miles offshore Louisiana at the time of the occurrence.
A panel included BSEE topic professionals, designers, assessors and also specialized detectives performed its examination to figure out the reason and also adding elements that brought about the casualty of the gear flooring crewmember, that had actually been running a hydraulic torque wrench while trying to draw out screws from a telescopic joint flange.
BSEE discovered that to name a few adding elements, an absence of training with hydraulic torque wrenches and also an absence of understanding of the threats related to the riser, and also a failing to start a quit working authority added to this occurrence.
Based on its searchings for, BSEE has actually provided a security alert to the market which suggests that drivers and also professionals guarantee the Job Safety Analysis records the restrictions of the hydraulic torque wrench when in operation, confirm all staff members comprehend the Job Safety Analysis and also have actually been officially educated on running the hydraulic torque wrench, increase the Drill Floor Observer obligations to keep track of all elements of work taking place on the gear flooring, and also check out alternatives for using a lots indication, or a comparable layout device onto the HUW plan.
