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
217 Loss of Control Associated with Setting Surface Casing 12/4/2003
216 Loss of Well Control; Annular Flow After Cementing 10/22/2003
215 Diving Fatality 10/6/2003
214 Flash Fire and Explosion from Inadequately Vented Production Vessel 7/15/2003
213 Marine Riser Failure 6/11/2003
212 Shallow Gas Blowout and Rig Evacuation 4/24/2003
211 Pipeline Safety Joints 2/24/2003
210 Blowout After Cementing Surface Casing 1/8/2003
209 Crane Accident on the Norwegian OCS 12/20/2002
208 Loss of Well Control 12/19/2002
207 Rental Crane Bracing Failure Results in Fatality 12/18/2002
206 Fall Through V-Door Opening Results in Fatality 12/9/2002
205 Blowout Results in Fatality and Injuries 10/31/2002
204 Pipe Rack Finger Failure Results in Fatality and Injury 9/20/2002
203 Job Safety Analysis (JSA) 8/22/2002
201 Viton "O" - Rings Failure 6/16/2002
202 Temporary Crane Support Failure - Fatality 6/16/2002
200 Subsea Equipment Failure to Deepwater GOM Pollution 5/29/2002
199 Blowout and Fire 11/15/2001
198 Drilling Accident Results in Fatality 11/8/2001