Incident:
Serious Incident Event
Incident Description:
As an assembly was being lowered onto the catwalk, the rig manager utilized the catwalk winch to pull its bottom end, helping to guide it into a horizontal position. The winch cable failed allowing the top drive to swing backward, striking the V-door. When the winch cable failed it recoiled back towards the end of the catwalk where the rig manager was standing but did not hit him.
Operations were stopped immediately for inspection. The cradle had damaged the v-door slide, but the top drive remained intact.
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