Avoiding Hydrogen Embrittlement, Corrosion Cracking Offshore

摘要

The well-being and safety of both personnel and the environment cannot be overstated for company directors and heads of function. Hydrogen embrittlement and the stress-induced cracking that arises from the internal processes within steel are known and well-documented, and therefore difficult to claim during an investigation as an unknown consideration. William Hackett believes it is essential that the responsible organizations ensure that personnel and environment are not put at risk through a lack of detailed instruction regarding the requirement for a steel offshore lifting product to be manufactured from a material with suitable properties for the environment in which it is used. Caution should be applied, and the personal well-being and corporate risks considered, when a manufacturer or third-party verification organization approves a product for offshore lifting that is not in line with the known science and industry best practice. Commercial pressures are never a valid decision-making criterion during an incident investigation.