Cranes and lifting
Risks associated with crane and lifting equipmentSafety related to crane and lifting operations has received considerable attention in recent years, largely because most fatal accidents connected with work on installations in the past 10 years have involved the use of lifting equipment.
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An international working group established by the North Sea Offshore Authorities Forum (NSOAF) has carried out a series of crane/lift audits of players engaged in petroleum activities on at least two continental shelves. The purpose of the audits was to identify common challenges within the field of cranes/lifting in the North Sea basin.
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Status and signals - Cranes and lifting
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Order to Rowan and BG Norge after crane audit on Rowan Gorilla VI
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has issued an order to Rowandrill Inc (Rowan) to document that the offshore cranes on the Rowan Gorilla VI mobile drilling rig comply with the regulations. To ensure good follow-up in the time to come, an order has also been issued to BG Norge as operator for the rig’s current drilling operation. The deadline for compliance is 30 April.Read more -
Deadly blind spots
Excluding major disasters such as Alexander L Kielland and Piper Alpha, almost half of all fatal accidents on the NCS relate to crane and lifting operations – or materials handling in general.Read more -
Need for international commitment
A multi-national audit of lifting operations and lifting equipment highlights five areas where there are particular needs for improvement: planning and selecting equipment, control, risk evaluation, training/competence and management. Discipline leader Svein Anders Eriksson in the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) cited references from the NSOAF report during the opening of the 12th international offshore crane and lifting conference on Wednesday, 9 May.Read more -
New offshore crane and lifting site
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has developed a new website focused on the safety of crane and lifting operations in the oil and gas industry. Located at www.omhec.org, it has been created on behalf of the Offshore Mechanical Handling Equipment Committee (OMHEC), an international collaboration between regulatory agencies.Read more -
Fewer serious incidents involving offshore cranes
The number of serious incidents associated with lifting operations involving offshore cranes on the Norwegian shelf has been substantially reduced over the last three years, according to a new report. At the same time, a study of undesirable incidents involving offshore cranes in the period 2000 - 2004 shows that the causal connections when incidents do occur are the same as they were ten years ago.Read more