StayLive actively promotes the sharing of information as soon as possible after near miss or actual safety incidents to inform members about hazards arising out of their operations.
26 June 2024
Work was conducted outside the approved work order and permit. Had this work been included on the permit, electrical checks on the UAT would have been included as a QA check prior to returning the unit to service. These checks would have likely identified the defect before the UAT was energised.
26 June 2024
During the Rotokawa Upgrade Project in July 2021, a control system failure led to a sequence of events that resulted in a Steam Hammer incident.
24 May 2024
During preparation of a wireline tool, the well flowed over the BOP's.
24 May 2024
The AA batteries in an employee's helmet headlamp did not conform with the hazardous area (pentane) certificate.
6 March 2024
A brief reminder of animals being on the roads especially during dusk and dawn times.
12 February 2024
While running 30" casing, a worker found a circlip on the rig floor. The operation was immediately stopped, and a thorough search commenced which identified the 30" elevator hinge pin was missing the circlip.
12 February 2024
A Contractor was using a tagged grinder to buff the turbine casing half joint. When he had finished, he pulled the grinder lead towards himself. The lead was draped over a scaffold, and he received a minor electric shock.
1 February 2024
Two technicians were removing a flow meter on the cooling tower, during the removal a technician located on the lower platform was in a kneeling position and while standing up, placed some of his weight with his hand on the railing to support himself.
11 December 2023
Casing for geothermal well (42" diameter x 12m long x 3 tons) dropped approximately 1 meter during off loading from truck.
30 November 2023
A contractor was drilling into a concrete wall in the power station when they made contact with an embedded lighting cable.