BOEM Safety Alerts

Safety Alerts are posted by the BOEM to inform the offshore oil and gas industry of the circumstances surrounding an accident or a near miss.

They also contain recommendations that should help prevent the recurrence of such an incident on the OCS.

Doc # Title Effective Date
279 Nylon Sling Failure Adobe Acrobat PDF 4/14/2009
278 One Killed when Oil Pollution Pan Falls Adobe Acrobat PDF 4/7/2009
277 Mechanical Motion Equipment Injuries Adobe Acrobat PDF 3/11/2009
276 Job Safety Analysis (JSA) Adobe Acrobat PDF 2/17/2009
275 Wellhead Damage Caused by Hurricane Adobe Acrobat PDF 1/28/2009
274 Wireline BOP and Lubricator Ejection into GOM Adobe Acrobat PDF 12/8/2008
272 Corroded Ring Gasket Causes Loss of Well Control Adobe Acrobat PDF 11/12/2008
273 Drilling Rig Generator Electrical Equipment Fire Adobe Acrobat PDF 10/23/2008
271 Motor Vessel to Platform Boat Landing Transfer Fatality Adobe Acrobat PDF 10/22/2008
270 Dresser-Rand D-VIP Compressor Cylinder Head Replacement for Acorn Nut Part Number TEVM0001 Adobe Acrobat PDF 10/15/2008
269 Loss of Well Control from Sustained Casing Pressure Adobe Acrobat PDF 10/8/2008
268 Traveling Block Assembly Strikes Crown Block Adobe Acrobat PDF 10/2/2008
266 Trouble Shooting Production Platform Upset Problems Adobe Acrobat PDF 9/23/2008
267 Post-Hurricane Recovery, Repair and Construction Efforts Adobe Acrobat PDF 9/23/2008
265 Pipeline Ruptures – 870 Barrels of Crude Oil Spilled Adobe Acrobat PDF 7/9/2008
264 Dynamic Pipeline Riser Inspection, Maintenance, and Monitoring Records on OCS Floating Facilities Adobe Acrobat PDF 7/7/2008
263 Pipeline Pump Fire Adobe Acrobat PDF 5/5/2008
261 Manually Operated Drains Adobe Acrobat PDF 4/30/2008
262 Sudden Crane Boom Crash Injures One Adobe Acrobat PDF 4/30/2008
260 Guide Post Fails Catastrophically, Causes Fatality Adobe Acrobat PDF 4/24/2008