Fatality
Effective Date: 11/26/1974
 | Minerals Management Service Gulf of Mexico OCS Region |
Notice No. 016
November 26, 1974
OCS Operations Safety Alert
Fatality
An accident involving fatal injuries to a roustabout recently occurred on anoffshore drilling rig.
Drilling mud had been off-loaded onto a mud transport boat and the transferhose was being rigged down when the accident occurred.
The roustabout cut the rope securing the hose to the rig railing before thecrane picking up the hose had removed all the slack. Release of the remainingslack caused the hose to strike the roustabout, knocking him off the rig. Hefell onto the tie-up of the mud transport boat, incurring fatal injuries.
To prevent recurrence of this type of accident, the rig supervisory personnelhave instructed all crews in the proper hose handling procedure for thisoperation.
[signature] D.W. Solanas
Oil and Gas Supervisor
Field Operations
Gulf of Mexico Area