Managing Rig Brake Systems
Posted by proforma on March 30, 2010
In this instance, an oilfield driller didn’t know the correct valve position for water supplied to the auxiliary hydromatic brake. Unfortunately, the valve wasn’t labeled to indicate open or close positions, either. So after accidentally shutting off the water supply to the auxiliary hydromatic brake, he found the drawworks brakes were overheating; the blocks and the elevators struck the rotary table, bending the joint of pipe in the elevators.
Tags:accident, offshore GOM, oilfield worker, Workplace Safety
Filed Under: Workplace Safety
