Safe Mechanical Lifting 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 Safe Mechanical Lifting, 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: Safe Mechanical Lifting

 

Event

 

 

Operation Type

 

Incident Description

 

Incident Type

 

Potential

 

 

Drilling

 

Control panel for Hydraulic rotating head clamp was being hoisted to rig floor using boom pole winch from cellar area below casing porch on off driller side (ODS). Control box got hung up under casing porch while being hoisted and aluminum pad eye failed at weld causing load to fall 30' back to ground.

 

 

Dropped Object

 

Potential

 

 

Drilling

 

While Employee was attempting to place the choke hose in the carrier, he had the Boom of the Forklift fully extended and near vertical with the choke hose hanging vertically. Employee advised at that point he felt the Forklift leaning slightly, he then checked to see if his arm was inadvertently pushing on the Frame Tilt controls which is was not. Employee stated that he then exited the Forklift and it began to slowly fall over on its side.

 

 

Forklift

Near Miss

 

Potential

 

 

Production

 

A roustabout walks underneath a suspended tank while attempting to retrieve a tag line.

 

 

Suspended Load

Near Miss

 

 

Potential

 

 

Production

 

A contractor crew was in the process of installing a section of 24” pipe which was suspended at height by a crane.While attempting to align the pipe, a drift pin was removed from one of the connection points causing the pipe to swing in an uncontrolled manner. A worker in the line of fire was able to move to safety in time and no actual injury occurred.

 

 

Suspended Load

Near Miss

 

Potential

 

 

Production

 

During testing of fixed lifting equipment in a warehouse, the certification company misread the capacity of the pulley, and it was exposed to a higher test load than what it was designed to handle. The pulley, including the traverser carriage weighing 35 kg., came down. No injuries occurred, but personnel were in the vicinity of the falling assembly.

 

 

Dropped Object

Near Miss