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Updated: 'Near miss' incident suspends operations on Henry Goodrich

The offshore drill rig Henry Goodrich. Submitted photo

The offshore drill rig Henry Goodrich. Submitted photo

Published on August 25, 2012
Published on August 24, 2012

Husky Energy has stated that the "dropped object" was a hydraulic cylinder, part of the equipment that handles the "drill string" on the rig floor.

Operations on the rig are expected to be offline for a few days while the investigation is ongoing.

No further information was provided.

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Husky Energy has suspended operations on the Henry Goodrich after a "near miss/dropped object" incident, according to a release issued Friday night by the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board.

The incident occured around 3 p.m. Thursday afternoon.

The statement said there were no injuries and Husky is taking the action as a precautionary measure to avoid similar incidents in the future.

The board's chief safety officer has met with Husky and operations will not resume until that official's safety concerns have been addressed.

No other details were provided. 

 

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    kevin
    - September 11, 2012 at 21:46:48

    the underlying thing here is that something happened and it was reported to the proper authorities and action was and is being taken....take a look off Conception Bay and the Goodrige is there, so the system must work and so it should! wouldnt everyone agree to that much anyway?

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    henrieta
    - August 28, 2012 at 21:42:16

    There has been more than one fire in the last 6 months and there have been many more dropped objects and potential dropped objects over the last few months, several that my husband has described as potential fatal events. I wish they would fix the rig right before someone gets hurt bad or dies. May the good lord watch over the men working out there.

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    henry
    - August 27, 2012 at 13:26:05

    To Maggy Carter: Accidents will always happen, most don't get reported, Its good to hear this one did, and got production stalled while the investigation went on.

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    Bob
    - August 26, 2012 at 19:02:01

    Reetsy, Sorry bud, you should check the facts. Ocean Ranger sank due to a human error in bad weather.

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    Maggy Carter
    - August 26, 2012 at 13:39:06

    'Reeksy' says the Ocean Ranger "sank due to weather - not human error". If you knew anything about the industry, or about our history of marine tragedies, you wouldn't make such an ignorant comment. Nor is there much excuse for such ignorance these days. It takes only a minute to google and find that it sank due to a series of human errors. Those errors included the presence of portholes and untrained operators in the ballast control room. 'Henry' adds to the ignorance on this post by offering this report as evidence that Husky's safety program is working. When large heavy objects come crashing down on the deck where men are working, it is by definition evidence that the safety program is not working. At best it says the reporting system is working. Nevertheless the CNLOPB could do a much better job of making such information public. The Telegram article contains a contradiction that appears to be rooted in the CNLOPB press release. It implies that the suspension of operations is continuing at the discretion of Husky and yet asserts that they will not be resumed until the Board's safety officer has been satisfied. No doubt a deliberate attempt by the company and the Board to downgrade the seriousness of the incident. We can't read the press release ourselves because the Board is very slow posting them to its website. Indeed it website is very, very poorly constructed and maintained for an agency that is responsible for billions and billions of dollars expenditure and for thousands of lives. Neither the Board nor the governments to which it reports have made any progress toward implementation of the principle recommendation of the Wells' Inquiry - which is that a separate safety board be created. Seemingly the governments have already decided to ignore this recommendation.

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    William Daniels
    - August 25, 2012 at 23:35:19

    Transocean execs gave themselves a huge safety bonus after the Gulf disaster. These rigs are run by americans. They don't give a crap.

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    Henry
    - August 25, 2012 at 17:16:12

    Katy, do know how rare it is for a near miss to be reported??Its good that it did,, That means their saftey program is working and How did you find something negitive about this???Oh safley issues , thats right you want them to "stop all saftey issues" Do you work in this industry Katy??

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    Reetsy
    - August 25, 2012 at 15:38:53

    ...the ocean ranger sank due to weather Not human error. Kudos to husky for the shut down. Industrial job sites are high risk ones Nature of the beast, there are going to be close calls and accidents.

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      NON
      - August 26, 2012 at 01:44:45

      The Ocean Ranger Sank do to human error !

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      To REETSY
      - August 26, 2012 at 09:01:35

      You'd best check your facts about the Ocean Ranger.

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    Katy
    - August 25, 2012 at 01:15:59

    How many incidents is this now involving the Henry Goodrich? A fire, a dropped object, and what else? How many other incidents have gone unreported? At what point does someone (government, a regulatory board) step in and stop all the safety issues? Does anyone remember the Ocean Ranger anymore?

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      NON
      - August 26, 2012 at 02:20:39

      Who is doing the safely inspections now that Government has contracted it out and what's their qualifications? This doesn't make Governments any less responsible, just another company to answer for , should this have gone private !

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