The following is a real-life example of what went wrong and what corrective measures resulted from incidents in the oil and gas industry. It's taken from hazard alerts issued by WorkSafe Saskatchewan. What happened: A Saskatchewan drilling rig worker died when a twin clevis link used in a tugger hoisting assembly failed, dropping a 1,200-pound (544-kilogram) drill pipe onto him. At the time of the accident, the drilling crew was laying drill pipe down the v-ramp on the rig. This involves using a tugger line to pick up pipe from the mouse hole. Workers stand behind the pipe and push it over the […]