Safety Alert is a tool used by BSEE to inform the offshore oil and gas industry of the circumstances surrounding an
accident or a near miss. It also contains recommendations that should help prevent the recurrence of
such an incident on
the Outer Continental Shelf.
Divert valve installed on LACT unit
Area where two cuts were made on piping
coming from sumps on the WD 32 A and
the WD 32 E platforms, and then going to
the Wet
Oil Tank
Illustration
showing
proximity of where piping
was going to be installed,
and
connected from the
divert valve to the sumps
and
Wet Oil Tank piping
Scaffolding where men
were working
Direction of flow to Wet Oil Tank
Illustration of piping that was
blown
off with Wet Oil Tank
during the explosion
