Proforma Safety On Macondo Well Response Vessels; BP Prepares for Bad Weather

Posted by proforma on July 22, 2010  |  No Comments

Because of brewing storms, BP has installed a cement plug in a relief well that’s been drilled to within about five feet (1.5 meters) of the damaged Macondo well. Senior Vice President Kent Wells told reporters on a conference call that BP may be required to evacuate crews. See details on Bloomberg.

Proforma Safety HSE advisors are monitoring crew activities on the response vessels controlling the Macondo well to ensure safe operations.

As of July 20, 2010, Proforma Safety has recorded 178,560 man hours worked without an LTI, LTA or DAW case. More than 6,000 hours have been logged by Proforma’s HSE advisors.

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Another Welder Dies While Performing Hot Work

July 14, 2010   |  No Comments

We’ve learned that there’s been another fatality associated with “hot work” — a welder in Colorado, who died while welding on a storage tank containing flammables at an environmental remediation company in Englewood. We recently covered the CSB’s efforts to eliminate such accidents.

Floorman Killed on Monkey Board in Avoidable Accident

July 1, 2010   |  No Comments

A floorman was struck in the abdomen by either the drill pipe or winch wire and later died of his injuries. In this report, the cause was attributed to a number of factors, including poor communication, lack of competency and inadequate risk assessment.

Ergonomics: The Next Workplace Safety Battleground

June 30, 2010   |  No Comments

Will ergonomics become the next battleground between business and the Administration in workplace safety enforcement? This article on Human Resource Executive Online talks about the possibility of an increase in the scope of compensable injuries. Some believe new standards may be in the works.

Fireworks Eye Injury Safety Quiz

June 30, 2010   |  No Comments

Fireworks will be part of many local July 4 celebrations, so you should know what to do if someone suffers a resulting eye injury. Prevent Blindness America offers this Safety Quiz and guidance, which actually is useful information for any type of eye injury caused by flying objects.

It Just Takes Seconds

June 30, 2010   |  No Comments

On Saturday night, July 3, Proforma Safety’s editor was awakened to a car crashing into a tree in her front yard. The driver — 17 yrs. old — was worried about being past curfew and was texting her mother. She survived because she was wearing her seatbelt and the air bags deployed. Good structural design [...]

Can we continue to develop our natural resources safely after the Deepwater Horizon?

June 21, 2010   |  1 Comment

On April 20, 2010, the United States and the oil and gas industry suffered the worst tragedy we have possibly ever faced with the Deepwater Horizon. Not only did we lose 11 lives, but we now are faced with an environmental disaster of untold proportions.
Which raises the all important question: Can we continue to develop our [...]

Proforma Safety Participates in BP Thunder Horse Undersea Manifold Replacement

June 20, 2010   |  No Comments

Proforma Safety’s Chris Hosid is working on the Thunder Horse subsea manifold replacement project; here, depicted is the DC-41 APS manifold recovery.
BP announced in April that it was replacing undersea manifolds serving the platform. This maintenance has been planned for more than a year, is likely to result in a cut in annual production by about 10,000 barrels of [...]

Proforma Safety Helps Serimax Achieve Safety Records in Port Fouchon

June 20, 2010   |  No Comments

Since October 2008, Proforma Safety’s Brior LeCompte has served as the HSE Advisor at the Serimax Yard in Port Fouchon, LA, and as of June 23, 2010, they’ve achieved a total of 1.36 million man hours without a Loss Time Accident (LTA) or Lost Time Incident (LTI).

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