1. LIFTING & HOISTING ENGAGEMENT PACK
The reason for this work stoppage is to highlight the fact that PDO and its contractors continue to suffer from a high number of preventable incidents, the majority of which could be avoided!
Compliance to SP 2273 that was amended and issued in February 2018 is low resulting in our most recent fatality.
Do we all follow the 10 questions for a safe lift?
April 2018

2. LIFTING & HOISTING ENGAGEMENT PACK
Are you in the line of fire?
Task unloading concrete posts:
Tool carrier used to unload poles, two crew members climbed onto the trailer
Material controller and driver of the truck stood behind the trailer watching the activity.
The worker (C) moved to the front of the vehicle whilst the other (D) stood between poles 2 and 3 in the centre and rear dunnage.
As the operator began to lift the load, the sling slipped causing the pole to swing towards Worker D crushing him between the lifted pole (4) and the 2 pole.
The pole hit worker D from behind crushing his chest against pole 2 resulting in a crush injury.
Worker D was trapped between the 2 poles until the load was lifted from him.
Ask what does LINE Of FIRE mean to you?
Can you identify Line of Fire in the photo?
Answer:
The zone within a work area where there is risk of injury from machinery, equipment or any source of energy
April 2018

3. Not complying with lifting rules can kill
PDO Safety Advice
20th September 2012 Fatal industrial injury – crane crush
What happened?
A welding assistant of a mechanical crew who were using a 25 ton crane to lift pipe sleeves climbed up on to the bed of the crane to fetch slings from the crane’s tool box.  In doing so he placed himself in the arc path taken by the cranes counter weight which as it rotated, crushed the assistant against the toolbox killing him by crush injuries.
Your learning from this incident..
Always operate Crane with barricades in place.
Always operate Crane with a Banksman only.
Never climb up onto a crane in operation.
Use Empowerment to Stop, if asked to do something unsafe.
Always check the crane is clear before operating it.
If in doubt – stop and ask
Confirm The Following
Do you identify concurrent work in your planning of operations?
Do management working in the same area liaise on relevant safety issues?
Do you audit if PHs complete the ‘no affected custodian’ part of permits correctly?
Do audit the use of Lifting Plans in your operations?
Do you audit the effective adoption of the Empowerment to Stop in your organisation?
Do you audit the effectiveness of your safety briefings on adherence to standards?
Do you have effective management processes for employees managed by central services?
Do you ensure your TRIC process is useful and relevant to the risks of the work to be conducted?
Do you assess the suitability of Permit Holders before they attend the Permit Holders course.?
Do you conduct reviews and quality checks on the strict adherence to the PDO PTW system?
Have you assessed the inherent risks from your work equipment?
Do you assess the competency of your crane operators in the field?
Do you assess the effectiveness of your HSE training and briefings?
Do you ensure the Permit worksites are visited by the required personnel?
Do you have a formal system for learning from incidents?
Have you assessed the crush points on your cranes?
Have your cranes been certified to international standards EN13000?
Do you audit the effective use of the Ten Questions for a Safe Lift Rules?
Key Learning:
Barricade lifting area and stay away during crane operations.
Not complying with lifting rules can kill
April 2018

4. Never ignore the lifting rules
PDO Safety Advice
Date: 17th November 2015
Incident title:- Fatal crush injury
What happened? –
The IP unlocked the truck and tank fifth wheel connector on a truck to allow it to disconnect and pull forward from under a frac tank. The lock refused to stay open so the driver held on to it as the truck drove out allowing a crane to support the tanks weight. But due to the cranes boom being in the wrong place the load swung sideward's and crushed the driver against another tank, killing him.
Your learning from this incident..
Never lift without a Person in Charge
Never lift without a banksman
Never lift with anyone in the lifting zone
Refuse to use defective equipment
Always think about being in the line of fire
Actively track all your assets for their location and condition.
Confirm the Following:
Do you ensure all lifting operations have a person in charge?
Do you perform lifting operations without a banksman?
Do you ensure your workers are fully aware of the job procedures?
Do your personnel understand that they can STOP?
Do you have a robust fault reporting process?
Do your systems manage your subcontractors effectively?
Are all supervisors aware of management of change processes
Do you manage changes effectively during rig up and rig down activities
Do you know the locations of all assets at all times
Never ignore the lifting rules
April 2018

5. Never place yourself in line of fire
PDO Second Alert
Date: Incident title: Nimr
What happened?
The banksman was guiding a forklift, stacking bundles of gratings. As the operator lowered the bundle, the banksman placed his hand between the bundles to align a piece of dunnage in between. His right hand thumb was caught between the top of the dunnage and the metal grating bundle, crushing his thumb.
Your learning from this incident..
Plan the job and ensure availability of competent person
Arrange required resources for the job in hand
Follow PDO lifting procedures
Green hands shall be used under close supervision
Confirm the following:
Are all Lifting activities identified in the HEMP?
Do you ensure that competent personnel are assigned for the job?
Have you ensured supervision for the job?
Do your staff ensure that they are authorized to carry out the task?
Have you created awareness on safe behavior to avoid crush points?
Have you trained your employees about safe work practices when they are in the ‘line of fire’?
Do your lifting procedures comply with PDO’s?
Never place yourself in line of fire
April 2018

6. LIFTING & HOISTING ENGAGEMENT PACK
Ask the people that you are presenting this work stoppage to give you their personal opinions…………..do you know the 10 questions for a safe lift?
If they say yes or no, ask them to justify their answers as to why they believe their answer to the right one.
Have a 5 – 10 minute engagement before moving onto the next slide.
Ask the following questions:
What was the last lifting related incident in your work area or Directorate? (The person delivering should know what they are.)
How do you think they could have been prevented?
What learning's do they remember from the incidents discussed?
April 2018

7. LIFTING & HOISTING ENGAGEMENT PACK
Extracted from SP 2273
Show this only after they have identified the majority of the list
Ask do they understand why and when this is used?
April 2018

8. differently in the future?
The key learning is to make sure that we change what we do to ensure that we are not responsible for a repeat incident, now we know what can go wrong.
What are you going to do
differently in the future?
April 2018