Suncor Energy has reported that on March 13, 2019 workers on the Terra Nova FPSO were moving grease drums by crane with an approved lifting basket. Safe lifting practices were being followed before and during crane operations. During a lift, the lifting basket made contact with a turret rail. The gate pin of the lifting basket released, which caused the door of the basket to open. This resulted in a drum falling approximately 10-15 feet, coming to rest on an enclosure below. There were no injuries and no personnel were in the area. However, the incident had the potential for fatality based on the Dropped Objects Prevention Scheme (DROPS) calculator.
Crane operations were immediately stopped, the area was secured and the drum has been removed.
The C-NLOPB is monitoring Suncor Energy’s continued investigation of the incident.
Media Contacts:
Suncor Energy Media Line
t. (403) 296-4000
media@suncor.com
Lesley Rideout
C-NLOPB Communications Lead
(709) 725-2900
lrideout@cnlopb.ca
Incident Disclosures 2019
| Date | Update |
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| Dec 30, 2019 | Injured Worker on Terra Nova FPSO |
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| Nov 25, 2019 | Helicopter Return to Base |
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| Oct 15, 2019 | Near Miss on Terra Nova FPSO |
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| Oct 3, 2019 | C-NLOPB approves resumption of drilling operations on Transocean Barents |
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| Sep 26, 2019 | Approval of plans to resume operations at Hibernia and update on follow up to recent offshore incidents |
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| Sep 9, 2019 | Injured Worker on Transocean Barents |
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| Aug 21, 2019 | C-NLOPB Update on August 17, 2019 Discharge at the Hibernia Platform |
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| Aug 18, 2019 | August 17, 2019 Discharge at the Hibernia Platform |
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| Aug 16, 2019 | C-NLOPB approves re-start of production operations from final two drill centres at White Rose field |
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| Aug 15, 2019 | C-NLOPB approves resumption of production operations at Hibernia Platform |
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| Aug 1, 2019 | Update – Hibernia Oil Spill |
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| Jul 18, 2019 | Hibernia Oil Spill |
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| Jul 9, 2019 | Incident Bulletin – Near Miss with Potential for Fatality on Terra Nova FPSO |
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| Jul 5, 2019 | Update – Follow-up to November 2018 Oil Spill at White Rose Field |
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| Jun 4, 2019 | Near Miss on Hibernia Platform |
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| May 24, 2019 | Flushing – South White Rose Extension Drill Centre |
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| Mar 19, 2019 | Update on Plugging of Flowline and Recovery of Flowline Connector at the South White Rose Extension Drill Centre |
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| Mar 14, 2019 | Near Miss Onboard Terra Nova FPSO |
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| Mar 13, 2019 | Update on Plugging of Flowline and Recovery of Flowline Connector at the South White Rose Extension Drill Centre |
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| Jan 30, 2019 | C-NLOPB Issues Approvals to Husky Energy |
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| Jan 18, 2019 | Update – Status of Spill at White Rose Field |
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| Jan 11, 2019 | Update – Status of Spill at White Rose Field |
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| Jan 7, 2019 | Update – Status of Spill at White Rose Field |
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