1. Description of Incident Global Corrective Action
Define
Description of Incident
Facility Name: Subsea7 Wester Fabrication Site
Incident Date: 14 Jan 2015
Years of Service: 11 months
Shift: Days
Incident Type: Personal Injury
Incident Cause: Caught Between (Pinch point)
Lost Work Days: 0
On the 14th Jan 2015 an employee received an injury to his left hand thumb caused by the impact of an internal clamp reach rod hoop and his thumb on the bevel of a pipe while inserting the reach rod inside the pipe for pulling.
IP was taken to Wick hospital and received three stitches and return to site.
Root Cause Analysis
Global Corrective Action
Overexertion whilst pushing reach-rod into pipe
Personnel unaware of potential hazards
Failure to remove hand from reach-rod
Lack of knowledge of CRC standard practice
Failure in training and supervision
Subsea7 Site:
Stop all operations
Extend reach-rod
Cut and fit wooden centraliser
Provide PPE offering more hand protection.
Review and revise Risk Assessment
Hold Tool-Box Talk
CRC:
Review Risk Assessment
Relay standard practice of inserting wood to support reach-rod
Put out a Focus on Safety
Hold Tool-Box Talks
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Type of hand protection in use at the time of the incident
Positions of IP at the time of the incident
Reach Rod
Increased hand protection in use post-incident
Wooden ‘centraliser’ fitted to support reach rod.
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Reach-Rod extended by welding addition of 0.5m length of tube 2

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Roller
Reach Rod handle
The reason IP was pushing reach-rod into pipe-end was to avoid the potential for the reach-rod to catch on the roller and cause damage to the handle.
Standard practice within CRC is to have a piece of wood cut the length same as inside diameter of pipe, when the reach –rod is inserted, the operator lifts the reach-rod and inserts the piece of wood in the pipe to support the reach-rod in order to avoid contact with the roller. This avoids the need to fully insert the reach-rod into the pipe.
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4. 5 Why analysis:
Why 1: Why did the accident happen
Answer: Because whilst inserting the reach-rod handle into the pipe, IP caught his thumb between the reach rod handle and the pipe bevel
Why 2: Why was the IP inserting the reach-rod handle into the pipe?
Answer: To avoid potential damage to the handle if it caught on the pipe rollers
Why 3: Why did IP carry out this activity?
Answer: Because the IP failed to realise the potential hazards and was unaware of CRC standard practice.
Why 4: Why was IP unaware of CRC standard practice?
Answer:. Lack of experience and knowledge
Why 5: Why was there a lack of experience and knowledge?
Answer:. Management failing to ensure all personnel are trained and supervised in relation to required work activities.