Alert
  • Published: 27 Jul 2011
  • Incident ID: 3369

Yoke failure on Snubbing Unit

Cause & Consequence

  • Other
Incident Consequence
Injury

Incident Location

Drilling unit

Incident Activity

Catering / hotel services

Incident Info Source

ENFORM

Specific Incident Equipment

Snubbing Unit

Lessons Identified

The manufacturer has been instructed to issue a recall notice when any design flaws are identified, this was not done in this case although the manufacturer of the BOP was aware of the condition.

Incident Recommendations

As per the ENFORM safety alert

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