Hands & Fingers Injury

campaign

Hand & Finger Injury QHSE SDS

 True fact
Skin, Bone, Muscle, Tendons and Nerves..
If you Put them all together
what do you get?
One of the most amazing pieces of equipment
you could ever have imagined.....

THE HUMAN HAND

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 A Fact of Life

Almost everything we do in our offices,

operating bases, and well-sites requires the use
of our Hands with Materials and Machinery.
so
It is not really surprising that the body parts
which are most exposed to injury are our

Hands & Fingers.

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 Lost Time Injuries SDS 2000

Feet
Shoulder
Arm Head 13% Eye
4%
4% 4% 4%

Leg
17%

Hands&Finger
55%

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 Hand and Finger Injuries

Hand & Finger Injury

Watch Where You Put Your Hands!
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 Causes: Sub-Standard Acts
Servicing equipment in operation

Improper position for the task

Improper lifting

Improper placement
Failing to use PPE properly

Using equipment improperly

Using defective equipment

Disabling, removing safety devices

Operating at improper speed

Failure to secure

Failure to warn
Operating without authority

0 5 10 15 20 25 30
# of Accidents
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 Causes: Personal Factors
Conflicting goals

Improper motivation

Mental psychological stress

Physical/physiological stress

Lack of skill

Lack of Knowledge

Inadequate psychological
capability

Inadequate physical capability

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
# of Accidents
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 Hand and Finger Injuries

Now we know more about the causes of

hands&finger accidents.

Concentration while working is very important to you

and your fellow workers.

Lets go on a little tour of a drilling rig and see what

could happen if you do not concentrate while working

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 Improper placement

we are on the drill floor

and the drill crew is
tripping pipe out of the
hole.

These floorman are not

paying attention to what
they are doing.

LOOK OUT..!
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 IMPROPER PLACEMENT
OUCH...! Too late
This injury could
have been avoided-
How ?
By Concentrating on what
you are doing
Watching out for yourself
and fellow employees

Following company
procedures
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 INPROPER PLACEMENT

We are now in the

Pumproom.
As you can see the
derrickman is working
on a pump module

Can you see this

mans hand
position.?
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 IMPROPER
PLACEMENT
THIS COULD HAVE
BEEN AVOIDED
HOW ?
By correct placement of
hands and body
By observing other workers
By following the correct
procedures
By thinking about the job
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 Improper placement

So now onto the

main deck
We see a roustabout
working with the crane
Look at where he has his
Pinch-point
hand
He has not thought about
what might happen when
the crane picks up.!!

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 Improper Placement
Sheave block Air-hoist on rig-floor
Pinch-point
Incomplete PPE

Pinch-point

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 Improper Placement

THIS COULD HAVE

BEEN AVOIDED
HOW.?
By thinking about the job
and its risks
By identifying potential
pinch points before doing
any job
Watching where you put
your fingers
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 Improper placement

LET’S TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT SOME OTHER EXAMPLES

Busy talking
Not thinking
Lack of
knowledge
Failure to warn
We always do it
like this.!
It wont happen
to me..!
Improper placement
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 CHEMICALS

Here we can see

chemicals being mixed
Look at the drum this person
is mixing..!
Has this person thought
about the job..!
What should this person do
before mixing
Does this comply with our
company policy
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 CHEMICALS
If these people had been thinking about their job
Their hands would not look like this...!

OR
LIKE
THIS

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Caustic burns
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 JEWELLERY
Jewellery is also a major factor for hand a finger injuries
Rings if worn can get caught or crushed causing severe
lacerations or even amputation..!
Watches with steel bands can cut deeply into the skin
often stripping skin to the bone in seconds..!
Steel banded watches are also conductive to electricity
causing serious burns or even death..!
Bracelets and necklaces are not to be worn at work

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 JEWELLERY

This secretary was working

in her office.
She opened a filing cabinet
to take out a file
without warning the draw
closed on her hand
her ring was caught
as she tried to pull free her
ring hand...!

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED..!

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 Plan for the campaign

- Walk-around inspections with Managers

- Walk-around inspections with Rig Sup
- Walk-around inspections with supervisors&LPT
- Inventory of all moving parts & potential pinch-points
- Implement controls (e.g paint in bright colours)
- Training to all new personnel
- Periodic refresher training to all crews

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