BSEE Safety Alerts and NTLs
A Review
BSEE (the United States Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement) publishes regular Safety Alerts. Typically, these Alerts describe an incident or near miss that occurred offshore, or else they review the findings from an inspection or audit. BSEE then provides recommendations based on their observations. BSEE also publishes NTLs (Notices to Lessees and Operators).
The Alerts and NTLs are generally focused on occupational safety rather than process safety/SEMS. (SEMS stands for Safety and Environmental Management Systems ― it is the offshore equivalent of OSHA’s process safety management standard.)
When these Alerts or NTLs are published, we sometimes provide a process safety analysis of the events ― often for our paid customers. Some of our more recent analyses include the following:
