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
137 Personal Injury During Well Test 3/21/1985
132 Supply Gas Fire 2/13/1985
133 Degreaser Fire 2/13/1985
135 Pollution from Diesel Fuel Tank Transfer 2/13/1985
136 Air Volume Tank Explosion 2/11/1985
134 Pipeline Pump Fire 2/8/1985
128 Platform Fire 7/31/1984
131 Pollution 7/20/1984
130 Fire 7/6/1984
127 Injury While Retesting Blowout Preventers 6/15/1984
129 Welding Explosion and Injury 6/15/1984
124 Pedestal Crane Boom Wire Rope Failure 3/27/1984
125 Crane Accidents 3/27/1984
126 Welding/Burning Accidents 3/27/1984
123 Shallow Gas Blowout 1/5/1984
122 Injury Due to Failure to Coordinate Activities 12/15/1983
121 Injury During Cementing Operations 11/28/1983
117 Fatality While Testing Gas Turbine Meter 10/3/1983
118 Prohibited Use of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) 10/3/1983
119 Successful Diverter System Operation to Control Shallow Gas Flow 10/3/1983