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
197 Environmental Design Criteria 8/3/2001
196 Cranes 7/23/2001
195 Riser Skate/Casing Handling Carts 6/1/2001
194 Guardrails 4/30/2001
193 Fall Results in Fatality 2/28/2001
192 revised Water Survival Craft 1/29/2001
191 Drillship Draw Works Failure 12/2/2000
190 Fall Results in Fatality 9/22/2000
189 Guardrails 7/19/2000
188 Fire with Fatality and Injury 5/2/2000
187 Coiled Tubing Incidents 4/10/2000
186 Accidental Disconnect of Marine Drilling Risers 3/10/2000
185 Installation and Inspection of Concrete Mats 11/22/1999
184 Fire with Fatality and Injuries 11/19/1999
183 Electrical Shock Hazard 11/16/1999
182 Post-Hurricane Startup Procedures Fail to Identify Pipeline Damage Resulting in Oil Spill 10/19/1999
181 Rig Collapse with Fatalities and Injuries 4/28/1999
180 Deepwater Gulf of Mexico OCS Currents 3/4/1999
179 Drilling Accident Results in One Fatality 2/24/1999
178 Trawl Net Snags Pipeline, Resulting in Oil Spill 2/23/1999