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83-16 Unsafe Bag Lifting
83-16 Unsafe Bag Lifting
October 2016
The Alerts are provided to all Drilling and Workover Operations Foremen and Liaisonmen so that we all learn from the
experiences of others. The knowledge of this incident could prevent similar ones from happening in the future.
Saudi Aramco policy requires the information in this Alert to be communicated to all crew members and documented on
morning reports.
What happened?
On two separate recent rig visits, LPD observed that contractors were picking up
two big bags at a time with the crane. This is an UNSAFE lifting practice and was
noticed again at another different site yesterday.
Consequences:
• High potential for fatality, serious injury or property damage.
Why did it happened?
• Crew handling the lift trying to complete the task as fast as possible.
• Crew unaware that the practice is unsafe.