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
336 Recurring Hand Injury Incidents on the OCS Adobe Acrobat PDF 6/4/2018
335 Failure to Mitigate Known Hazards Leads to Kick Adobe Acrobat PDF 5/14/2018
333 Floating Production Platform Evacuated Amid Power Outage Adobe Acrobat PDF 5/11/2018
334 Benzene Level Exceeds Exposure Limits Adobe Acrobat PDF 5/11/2018
332 Crane Hazards Identified by BSEE in Risk Based Inspections Adobe Acrobat PDF 5/10/2018
331 Personnel Transfers by Swing Rope and Personnel Basket Adobe Acrobat PDF 4/4/2018
330 MSA Gravity Welder Harnesses Adobe Acrobat PDF 3/9/2018
329 Potentially Catastrophic Crane and Lifting Incidents Adobe Acrobat PDF 2/20/2018
328 Gas Release Hazards Identified by BSEE Adobe Acrobat PDF 1/5/2018
327 Failure to Properly Purge Compressors Leads to Explosions Adobe Acrobat PDF 12/8/2017
326 Floorhand Pinned in Hazardous Area Adobe Acrobat PDF 12/5/2017
325 Bolt Failures Adobe Acrobat PDF 10/18/2017
324 Serious Incidents Associated with Pipe Racking Systems Adobe Acrobat PDF 4/6/2017
323 Subsea Flowline Failure Causes Pollution Incident and Delayed Detection Leads to Larger Spill Volume Adobe Acrobat PDF 9/12/2016
322 Helideck Obstructions and Compounding Procedural Errors Contribute to Five Near Misses on OCS Adobe Acrobat PDF 8/30/2016
321 Additional Catastrophic Incident Attributed to Ejection of Traveling Slips Adobe Acrobat PDF 7/25/2016
320 Automatic Pipe Handling System Drops Drill Pipe Adobe Acrobat PDF 6/27/2016
319 Chemical Injection Point Corrosion Causes Production Header Failure Adobe Acrobat PDF 2/29/2016
318 Connector and Bolt Failures Adobe Acrobat PDF 2/2/2016
316 Aviation Near Miss Adobe Acrobat PDF 6/12/2015