Driving SIF Examples

Identifying serious injury or fatality (SIF) events involves some subjectivity, but these incidents can provide a key learning opportunity for the industry.  Below are examples of types of incidents that may occur under the IOGP Life-Saving Rule Driving, broken out by actual and potential SIF and incident type.   This list is not exhaustive, but it is provided to assist the OSA participant in understanding how incidents may be classified.    

 

IOGP Life-Saving Rule: Driving

 

Event

 

 

Operation Type

 

Incident Description

 

Incident Type

 

Potential

 

 

Drilling

 

A contractor is driving a vehicle while intoxicated and as a result violates the drug and alcohol policy.

 

 

Near Miss

 

Potential

 

 

Drilling

 

While delivering a load of sand to drilling rig, truck was traveling down a grade with a left-hand turn at the bottom. Truck slid off the side of the road, the cab rolled over on its passenger side and trailer with load flipped over. The driver was uninjured.

 

 

Motor Vehicle Collision

 

Actual

 

 

Production

 

Nightshift operator was driving west bound on two lane highway, drifted into the east bound lane and collided head-on with an oncoming passenger vehicle restulting in life threatening injuries to the operator.

 

 

Motor Vehicle Collision