“IN THE HEADLIGHTS”

New Mexico Trucking Association - February 23, 2011

Fraudulent letters claiming to be from the DOT

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Handrail dislodged from stand resulting in dropped object

Unknown Co. - March 22, 2010

During operation of a centrifuge pump, a handrail was vibrated out of its holding position and fell approx 10 ft. into the cement pond.

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Vacuum Truck Fatality

Unknown Co. - March 22, 2010

While duping the contents of a hydrovac unit, a swamper was killed when he was caught in the closing hydrovac tank door.

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Flash Fire DAFW Case

Unknown Co. - January 7, 2010

IP did not recognize the potential hazard of gas accumulating on the compressor skid and creating a flammable mixture

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Brake Linkage Failure

Unknown Co. - August 31, 2009

Brake linkage rod failed between the brake handle and the pillar block.

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Dropped Pipe Lessons Learned

Unknown Co. - August 17, 2009

Whilst carrying out normal pulling out of the hole drilling operations a full stand of 3.5 inch drill pipe (93 ft, 1237 lb) came free from the top drive elevators and fell across the drill floor onto the derrick steelwork and over the rig floor hand rails, coming to rest on the concrete rig pad, approximately 30 ft below the drill floor and laying across the derrick structure cross member. Location: Algeria

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Overhead Transmission Line Strike

Unknown Co. - August 14, 2009

On 31 March 2009, at approximately 1200 hours, an incident occurred on a BP well site lease road that resulted in potential exposure to electrical current from an overhead transmission line.

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Amputation of Fingers While Handling Pipe

Unknown Co. - August 10, 2009

Pipe pulled off from the I-beam which cause the fingers caught between the beveled edge of the pipe and the I-beam which resulted amputation of 4 fingers.

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Little Finger � Could this Happen in your OC?

Unknown Co. - August 7, 2009

IP was responding to an air compressor alarm found primary air compressor locked up.

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SPD WE HIPO & Lateral Learning Bulletin

Unknown Co. - August 6, 2009

During running a completion the Weatherford Power tong (JAM unit) got stuck on the pipe when making up a pup joint. After manual attempts to free the power tong from the pipe the hydraulic piston to adjust height position of power tong was used for extra vertical force. The extra force on the cable caused the bracket with sheave wheel to fail catastrophically. Bracket + wheel dropped to the floor from appr. 20 m. whilst 5 workers where on the floor. Nobody got injured. The power tong was still attached to the pipe after the incident, did not drop to the floor.

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