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Hand and Finger Injuries 2004

WORKING AS A TEAM TO PREVENT HANDS

AND FINGER INJURIES

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•Hands and Finger Injuries are the most common Lost Time Injury Incidents in PDO.whether major or minor they result in pain and suffering to the person injured and ultimately to their family and loved ones.

•For this reason, all efforts must be made to prevent all injuriesand specifically Hands and Finger Injuries

•Presently Well Engineering is the single largest contributorof LTI’s in PDO !

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Hands and Finger Injuries, Where are we heading ? Some Facts :

Year No. of LTIsPDO

H & F LTIsPDO

H & F LTIs Well Engineering

Q1 & Q2 2004 16 12 ( 75 % ) 9 ( 75 % )

2003 46 20 ( 43 % ) 17 ( 85 % )

2002 45 21 ( 47 % ) 8 ( 38 % )

2001 38 8 ( 21 % ) 6 ( 75 % )

2000 52 9 ( 17 % ) 8 ( 88 % )

1999 23 9 ( 39 % ) No data

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Why are we having such a large amount of hands and finger injuries?

• Large workforce in field (exposure ) - about 7000 people

• Nature of job :• repetitive actions, manual handling• hazardous tools (tongs, wrenches, tubulars, winches, wire ropes etc.)

• Cost Constraints on Operations / Technological Constraint :• cannot have fully automatic rigs, operations depend upon human input

• Local staff employment (social commitment to the Omani people)• many green hands• complacency by experienced hands

• Fatigue and Work Stress.• long hours of stressful work (lapses in concentration)

• Summer Heat :• human body is tired and susceptible to injuries due to heat stress.,

fatigue and dehydration. Statistics show increased no. of LTIs in summer• Removal of PPE in the summer heat

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The result : Irreparable Damage

• Hands and Fingers are tools whose spares are not available in any store for any price !

• Injury to them causes untold pain and suffering to the individual and his loved ones

• Loosing or seriously damaging a hand or finger affects you and your family for the rest of your life

• These incidents occur all too often doing your routine jobs, jobs you thought you knew well

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hands and fingers have more nerve endings per square centimeter than any other part of your body ?

hands and fingers also have more pain receptors than any other part of your body. That is why finger injuries are more painful than similar injuries to other parts of the body.

injuries to hands and fingers are the most common causes of lost time accidents in industry today.

consequences of these injuries may vary from a small dressing to permanent disability .

Nerves

Tendons

Carpal Tunnel

More Facts :

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Hand and Finger Injuries 2004Can we STOP these injuries and reverse the trend ?

YES – we can !!

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Caught between objectsCaught between objects

To avoid these incidents, we alreadyhave the required ‘tools’ to help us!

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Our Motive :To go home from work in the same condition as we arrivedZero tolerance to Hands and Finger injuries

The benefits are for all to see!

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• Enhanced Site Supervision : Supervisors, Toolpushers, DSVs ensure that Unsafe Acts and Conditions are continuously recognised and eliminated, by engaging staff in a two way communication. Never underestimate the effect of an enthusiastic supervisor, you can make a big difference

Our Tools, the way forward !

1.The Hearts and Minds Way : All staff are to be made aware, in a compassionate way that injuries harm them and their loved ones. No job is as important that it should be done in manner which can cause harm to the worker.

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• Behaviour Based Safety : Understanding the behaviour of

our staff as to what causes them to commit unsafe acts – which result in accidents, will help us introduce remedial actions in accident prevention. “It will not happen to me” syndrome can be eliminated

• Working Safely : Encourage workers discussions on their work related Safety Issues, the incidents they had so that similar situations are avoided,

this depends on your enthusiasm

Our Tools, the way forward !Hearts and Minds Cont’d

Typical Well Eng Accident causes (April’04)

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IF IT IS UNSAFE – DON’T DO IT !

2. Empowerment to stop UNSAFE WORK : This powerful tool has been in the

Company for a long time but is often confused with Dupont’s STOP Programme.Lack of commitment, fear of punitive actions hampers its success. Infact this is best way to avoid potential accidents. It is your right and duty to stop work when you consider the job to be unsafe, management will back you on this


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3. STOP Programme : This should be used primarily as an Accident Prevention tool. After the required training staff are aware of STOP observation techniques to be carried out at worksites – where most of the Unsafe Acts & Unsafe Conditions prevail. Any unsafe work is stopped and rectification process is started immediately, similar situations are averted in the longer run. STOP database trends help in identifying problem areas so that suitable action is taken.


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Take Care of Green Hands

3. Effective Toolbox Talks : This is the key to ensure that all the hazards associated with the job i.e hands and finger injury hazards are well understood by staff. Necessary precautions are taken

to avoid potential situations.


Toolbox talks will never be consistently of quality unless they are recorded, consider starting to record on your location!

An enthusiastic and well run TBT will prevent incidents

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4. Hazard Awareness and its Management : Supervisors and Workers both have responsibility and duty to :

IDENTIFY

ASSESS

CONTROL

RECOVER

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Year 2003 Shell Norway has achieved ZERO LTIF

ZERO LTI is not a futuristic idea !

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Summary

Because of the geographical location of Oman and the financial facts of life of the Omani oil industry we are not going to be able to significantly change the equipment we use or influence the yearly changes in climate

We have to rely on the actions and enthusiasm of people to prevent hands and finger injuries

The tools are in place to prevent hand and finger injuries, Its how effectively you use these tools that makes the difference. Efforts are required by supervisors and crews at the worksites to use these tools, commitment is required by all management to support the worksites by all means possible

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Hand and Finger Injuries 2004Last Word

Have you done everything to prevent Hands & Finger Injuries on your

Rig / Hoist / WorkshopConsider the attached?

Hand Protectors Rig Tongs

1. Hand Protectors

TRIC Cards

1. PDO TRIC Card2. TRIC Guide Plan3. TRIC Guidelines

Are you looking after green hands effectively

1. Green Hands2. Green Hats

Understanding Gloves

1. Know Your Gloves2. LTI Cold Burn3. Glove Poster4. Coloured Gloves

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Thank You

1 hand and finger injuries 2004 working as a team to prevent hands and finger injuries

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experienced hands fatigue

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