Toolbox Talk

Risk
Identification
Card
WHY CARRY OUT RISK ASSESSMENTS?
To prevent tasks going PEAR
EAR
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No injury toPeople
No harm to Environment

No damage to Asset (equipment)

No loss of Reputation

Any assessment must be SUITABLE and SUFFICIENT

 WHAT IS A RISK ASSESSMENT?
A hazard is something that has potential to cause injury to
personnel, or damage to the environment or equipment

That something may be equipment, an activity, a condition, or

a work method

A risk is the likelihood of a hazard actually causing injury or

damage

Risk Assessment is simply the process in which we identify

risks, and assign controls to eliminate or reduce these risks
to an acceptable level

The residual risk should be As Low As Reasonably

Practicable
 OTHER RISK ASSESSMENTS
Many jobs come complete with their own form of risk
assessment in the shape of JHA and Job Safety Plan

Any job covered by a permit will include a JHA and Job

Safety Plan supplied by the PTW Originator

More complicated jobs will have a Formal Method Statement

However all the above assessments have a fundamental

weakness….

Unlike TRIC, none of the assessment processes mentioned

above involve all the work party in identifying risks on site
 WORKSITE HAZARD & RISKS
As a result, other assessments do not take into account the
unique characteristics of a work site, and its environment
No two jobs are exactly the same
No two work sites are identical; each work site will present
different hazards
The same work site can present different local conditions on
different days, or even at different times in the same shift
Typical examples of this are:
Changes in weather and wind direction
Presence of another work party
Differences in lighting between day and night
Changes in the process e.g. a pump running
 TRIC TALKS – BEST PRACTICE (1)
The Talk Leader should be the Permit Holder

A ‘TRIC’ talk will only take about 10 minutes

Be disciplined at the ‘TRIC’ don’t get side tracked

In an ideal world, every TRIC talk would be held on site.

However in certain circumstances, environmental conditions

make this difficult

High noise levels remote locations, extreme weather

conditions and the need to wear SCBA are common examples

In such cases it is acceptable to hold the TRIC talk off site at

the station or PTW issue point
 TRIC TALKS – BEST PRACTICE (2)
However, no TRIC should be conducted without a visit to the
work site by the team at some point in the TRIC process

Regardless of location, it is essential that all personnel

involved in the task attend the TRIC, and that it is held in a
location where there are no distractions (so don’t use the tea
shack)

Communication within the team must be easily carried out

The TRIC talk should be an interactive session, not a lecture

from the talk leader

The aim at the end of the talk, is to identify all the risks, and
ensure that everyone in the work party is aware of the work
plan, his responsibilities and the what to do in an emergency
(Safety Plan)
 TRIC TALKS – BEST PRACTICE (3)
The Permit Holder will ‘refresh’ the TRIC with his work party
at the start of each following day

The Permit Holder will ‘sign his initials and date’ the TRIC
each following day to show the TRIC has been refreshed

No need for the Area Authority / Area Operator to attend the

TRIC for continuing work on following days – PTW work party
only required
 Toolbox Talk
Risk
Identification
Card
Area NAME OF AREA

Location WHERE THE WORK IS TO BE CARRIED

OUT ON THE RIG
Talk Leader NAME OF PERSON GIVING THE TALK

Date Time

Ensure any Job STATE WHAT THE WORK IS

follow up actions Worksite visits
are captured ATTENDEES recorded here
1……………………… 7………………………
2……………………… 8………………………
3……………………… 9………………………
4…………………….. 10……………………..
5……………………… 11……………………
6……………………… 12………………………

Action Required Review by (Initial)

Update Procedure………….. Talk Leader…………………..

Update Risk Assessment…. Supervisor……………………….

Other…………………….. Manager……………………..
Hazard Hazard
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The reverse side
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 We are going to carry out some
high pressure water cleaning

•If there is a JSP already prepared,

use it in the TRIC talk

In this instance the TRIC becomes “your” RISK

ASSESSMENT.
 SO;
before we carry out the work
we have the TBT and take a
final look at the task to see if
there are any hazards that
could be identified before we
continue.
 Utilities – Corr Inh Tk
T8120 – Drain line

Steve Kennedy

1st Nov 09 13.30 hrs

High Pressure Jetting

Tom Halliburton –AT Moh;d Farquani

John Haggerty

Suleiman Al Kindi

Suleiman Al Kindi
Maazin Al Saadi - APS

Moh’d Farsi
 Let us start
with the steps
involved in
carrying out
the work.
 JHA-13.1 351234
High Pressure Water Jetting

Carry out HP water Never leave gun

jetting in Unattended equipment.
unattended while under
Water Inj. Pump Area Steve Kennedy
pressure.
– T-1234 Drain Line In event of station
Steve Kennedy
alarm, depressurise gun
before leaving.
Occupational health Follow precautions in John Haggerty
SHOC Assessment.
risk from chemicals.
Soak up as much oil as
possible using rags. Tom Halliburton
Area Tech to highlight
any open drains. Tom Halliburton

Water mist (activating Area Tech to assess

F&G system leading to work site and arrange Tom Halliburton
station trip). inhibits as required.

Damage to plant Area Tech to highlight Steve Kennedy

(especially instrument any vulnerable items.
air compressors). Avoid pointing gun in Steve Kennedy
these directions.
 JHA-13.1 351234
High Pressure Water Jetting

Segregate and bag waste at

Incorrectly segregated waste worksite Steve Kennedy
Clean-up worksite and rig
down equipment

Manual handling Injuries Follow Controls of Manual John Haggerty

Handling Assessment

Untidy Worksite Remove all debris from Steve Kennedy

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or activities
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Steve Kennedy
That is TRIC.
Simple, reasonably straight forward
and provides you with a means of
assessing (if no JSP available) and
reviewing (if JSP available) task
related HAZARDS.
However, the job may change as it
progresses, and things may start to
go wrong, so……
A good TRIC - Talk will
identify all risks that exist
prior to starting the job
Many incidents are caused
by a failure to recognise
change

The TRIC - Talk Leader

should use ‘Pause & Check’
to re-assess the TRIC at
regular intervals – update
the TRIC in the Dynamic
Risk review on the front of
the card

Remember, everyone has

the right to stop a job if they
have a safety concern