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
59 Compressor Explosion 3/11/1977
56 Fire -- Glycol Ignited 2/10/1977
55 Oil Spill --Safety Equipment Failure 1/21/1977
53 Compressor Explosion 1/13/1977
54 Welding Fire 1/13/1977
52 Fire -- Fuel Hose Ruptured 11/16/1976
50 Flash Fire -- Man Burned 11/5/1976
51 Fatality -- Falling Object 11/5/1976
49 Oil Spill -- Safety Equipment Failure 9/1/1976
46 Fire -- Lube Oil on Engine Exhaust 7/9/1976
47 Fatality -- Man Struck by Falling Object 7/9/1976
48 Flash Fire -- Men Burned 7/9/1976
45 Tubing Blows Out of Well -- Men Injured 6/23/1976
43 Shallow Gas Blowout 6/21/1976
44 Man Falls -- Fatality 6/21/1976
42 Hydraulic Pump Reservoir Ruptures -- Minor Injury 5/25/1976
41 Fatality 5/3/1976
40 Beam Falls -- Man Injured 4/20/1976
39 Fire -- Hydraulic Hose Ruptures 3/23/1976
37 Man Falls -- Serious Injury 2/26/1976