July 2022

Gratings Thematic Focus: background

Following the thematic focus no. 12 on accidents involving gratings recorded in all Eni Business Units in the period 2019-2022
and considering the LOST TIME INJURY recorded on the EDC48 on last March 2020 in Agiba, a cascade among contractors and
Agiba personnel has been arranged in order to ensure a continuous attention on the risks relevant to the gratings.
The most recurrent situations in Agiba are the following:
1) corrosion; 2) not proper fixing, or 3)open holes not provided with proper barriers.

Example: Risk of fall from height

into mud tank due to the open hatch

A good level of spreading has been recorded as shown in the next slides by involving about 1000 personnel
Program
1. Thematic Focus Slides from HSE HQ (3 days)
2. External Lesson Learned – LWDC due a failure of Gratingselement (1 day)
3. 2020 AGIBA Lesson Learned – LTI on Rig EDC 48 due to unsafe removal of one step ladder (1 day)

1) Thematic Focus Slides 2) External LWDC 3) 2020 AGIBA LTI on Rig EDC 48
Thematic Focus - Grating
Campaign carried out from 21st to 25th July.
WELL OPERATION SITES
PRODUCTION AND MAINTENANCE SITES
RIG SESSIONS ATTENDANCES
SESSIONS ATTENDANCES
EDC41 10 135
12 148
EDC47 2 43
EDC63 8 110
EDC66 3 39
EDC94 6 86 TOTAL WOP/PROD ATTENDANCES
EDC98 5 51 SESSIONS ATTENDANCES
HT101 5 80
64 932
ST28 4 77
ST29 4 84
NDC5 1 9
NPSCO5 4 70
TOTAL 52 784
 Introduction

Electro welded metal grating, normally made of carbon steel,

galvanized steel, aluminum or stainless steel, is an indispensable tool in
a variety of industries including Oil & Gas. Used for covering trenches,
landings, worktops and industrial or safety ladders, it is used to reduce
the risk of slips and falls and can be used anywhere indoors or
outdoors. Its design allows for the drainage of liquids, mud or dirt and
increases grip in the event of water, ice, snow, oily substances or
detergents. Inaccurate installation or inadequate maintenance of
walkway or access gratings and their supports and locking hooks is a
major cause of a worker slipping and falling with the possibility of
serious or fatal injury. Falling can expose workers to other hazards
including drowning, noxious atmospheres and hazardous materials
(confined spaces, drains). In addition, there is the risk of an element
coming loose and hitting a worker.

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 Recurrent Incidental Events (TRI)

UK Italia
1 Contractor 2 Employees
1 Contractor

Kazakstan
1 Contractor
USA
1 Contractor

Nigeria
1 Contractor

TRI = 1

2 ≤ TRI ≤ 3
TRI > 3

Source: INDACO
6 TRI 2019-2022 YTD
Statistics (TRI + FAC)
Distribution per Business Unit Injury localisation
84%
19%
Eni Rewind
Upstream
6%
Versalis 6%
8% La maggioranza degli eventi lesivi
8%
riguardano gli arti inferiori legata
Details of Accident Distribution: principalmente a scivolamenti,
50% inciampi e cadute.
• Eni Rewind 1 LWDC
• Upstream 11 (3 LWDC + 1 RWDC + 2 MT + 5 FAC)
• Versalis 1 FAC 19%

Category of injury event Type of injury event

FAC 46% falling on level ground

MTC 15% hit, impact, crushing - object

RWDC 8%
cutting
LWDC 31%
stress injury
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

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Source: INDACO (Incidental events 2019 – 2022YTD)
Distribution of Recurring Causes (TRI+FAC)

27% 27%
work environment

INTEGRATED SYSTEM and execution of the activity

HUMAN PERFORMANCE
work direction

46%

Work Direction
• Risk assessment: Failure to identify the hazard during activities considered routine or underestimation of the potential risk
Humn Factor

• Work planning: Ineffective or absent inspection of the place where the activity is to be carried out, which is necessary in order to better plan the work

Execution of the activity

• Complacency: Accepting to live with potentially dangerous situations for convenience or to speed up activities, deviating from rules and procedures
• Reporting hazardous conditions: Lack of sensitivity to reporting broken/worn/unstable gratings/absent or damaged fastening clips

Work environment
• Presence of obstacles: Equipment/instruments are not always easily accessible, inviting the worker to dangerous contrivances
• Surface characteristics: Beware of slippery surfaces, with little grip or the presence of holes

Source: INDACO (Incidental events 2019 – 2022YTD)

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Note: Please refer to the root cause manual attached to opi-hse-040-eni spa for the definition of root causes;
Distribution of Recurring Causes (TRI+FAC)

17%
25%

inspection and controls

EQUIPMENT design

maintenance

58%

Inspection and controls

• Inspection/control planned but not carried out: Failure to comply with a plan for regular visual inspections
Umano

• Inspection/control failed to detect the problem: Inspections sometimes fail to objectively assess the state of degradation of a grating. Little attention
Equipment

is paid to the wear and/or absence of fixing clips on gratings

Design
Fattore

• Inadequate design specifications: Occasionally inadequate materials to support and/or secure walkways, steps, fixing brackets, element locking clips.
Little attention paid to the choice of non-slip materials
• Design review: Walkways installed on concrete base with inadequate supports and/or non-heterogeneous materials that accelerate corrosion
phenomena
• Management of change: Variation of material types and/or sizes outside the standard design

Maintenance
• Corrective maintenance not performed: Failure to restore operational conditions
Source: INDACO (Incidental events 2019 – 2022YTD)
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Nota: per la definizione delle cause radice si rimanda al manuale delle cause radice allegato alla opi-hse-040-eni spa;
Areas for improvement

Work direction and execution of the activity

It is forbidden to remove gratings without prior authorization; the removed gratings must be reassembled
and anchored at the end of the work in accordance with the regulations. During the period in which the
work is being carried out, the areas concerned must be protected and forbidden to pass through with
suitable fencing, appropriately marked.
Work environment
Assess the conditions of the working environment before starting the activity, also taking care that the
Gratingsis not a source of tripping or slipping

Inspection, controls and maintenance

In addition to the periodic inspections foreseen, sensitise personnel to pay more attention to and report any
anomalies found, even during routine rounds, such as positioning/alignment/deformation of gratings,
corrosion, holes, integrity of supports and clamping systems, missing or worn fastening clips on and
between panels. Checks should be carried out not only on metal structural elements but also on concrete
structures/supports that may be subject to oxidative deterioration or flaking

Design
In hostile environments, consider installing gratings with superior anti-slip properties to increase grip and
make them safer to use. Provide any gratings, which must be removed to access equipment/instruments,
with handles for easy and safe handling

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Supporting materials Lesson Learned

Lesson Learned n.30

Safety Alert BSEE 427 Gratingselement failure
On 10 January 2022, the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement also issued a Safety Notice in response to an
increase in accidents involving gratings.
Accidents are mainly the result of an incorrect assessment of
the state of integrity of gratings affected by wear and tear Company Technical Standard
(altered physical and chemical characteristics, corroded).
In 2020-21, there was an increase in near misses and accidents
involving gratings, including one fatal one. Civil works flooring and tiling

Best Practice

Recommended practices for the

inspection of steel gratings

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Source: Safety Alert n° 427 of 10° January 2022.
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