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
77 Fire -- Generator Building 10/18/1978
76 Injury -- Glass Liquid Level Gauge Ruptures 10/6/1978
75 Helicopter Crashes -- 17 Fatalities 9/20/1978
73 Gas Leak from Subsea BOP Stack While Circulating Out Kick 9/5/1978
74 Oil Spill -- Transfer Hose (A Reissuance) 9/5/1978
72 Explosion -- Fire 8/21/1978
71 Fire -- Boiler Ignited 8/2/1978
70 Blowout During Workover 6/12/1978
69 Blowout -- Platform Loss 12/6/1977
68 Explosion 11/9/1977
67 Fatality 10/26/1977
66 Blowouts from Surface Casing -- Conductor Casing Annulus 9/26/1977
65 Fatality -- Crane Accident 6/13/1977
64 Uncontrolled Gas Flow 5/5/1977
63 Oil Spill -- Fuel Transfer Hose Broke 5/4/1977
62 Snubbing Operations Fire -- Man Burned 4/15/1977
61 Explosion -- Fire 4/12/1977
60 Gas Starter Fire -- Man Burned 3/21/1977
57 Fatality -- Crane Accident 3/11/1977
58 Fatality -- Stabbing Board Falls 3/11/1977