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Best Practices in Injury Management

3/6/2017

 
The petroleum industry requires dangerous work. Protecting personnel from injury requires rigorous monitoring and training protocols and scrupulous attention to reporting, prevention and data analysis when an accident occurs.  Here are three fundamental concepts to keep in mind when designing an effective injury management program:
 
1) Know your hazards.  Most injuries in the petroleum industry fall into one of two large categories: safety-related injuries and health-related injuries. 
 
Safety-related injuries include those related to:
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents
  • Contact Injuries
  • Fires and Explosions
  • Slips, Trips and Falls
  • Confined Space Accidents
 
Health-related hazards include:
  • Chemical hazards-toxins, irritants, asphyxiants
  • Biological hazards-viruses, parasites, bacteria
  • Physical hazards-noise, vibrations, radiation
  • Economic hazards-overuse and repetitive stress injuries, awkward postures
  • Psychosocial hazards-overwork, isolated sites, violence
 
Be aware of where each of these may appear in your site or team workflows and make sure preventive and responsive protocols are in place to deal with each.
 
2) Manage your risks. A robust risk management program has the following 7 steps:
 
  1. Planning-identify and assemble relevant staff, obtain regulatory and process requirements.
  2. Risk Identification-use the list above as a baseline and add any other risks particular to your operation.
  3. Risk Assessment-what procedures are in place for prevention? how have they failed? what is the result of failure? what new procedures are necessary?
  4. Risk Recording-formally document Risk Assessment findings with respect to pertinent regulations and requirements.
  5. Risk Control-define and implement new procedures for prevention and mitigation of identified risks.
  6. Follow On Assessment-ensure new procedures are in place and evaluate their effectiveness.
  7. Monitor and Review-repeat this process at regular intervals to capture new risks, refine procedures and improve outcomes.
 
3) Design a program that works. Effective injury management programs must satisfy the following requirements:
 
  1. Ensure site safety by evaluating all processes and workflows for potential risk and establishing comprehensive prevention and mitigation protocols.
  2. Empower all workers to protect themselves by making safety procedures straightforward and as simple as possible; training must be thorough, frequent and accessible.
  3. Relates directly to regulatory and audit requirements as well as other internal and external reporting structures, to maximize transparency and minimize administrative burden.
  4. Is thoroughly documented so that workers, trainers, executives and external regulators have clearly-defined expectations.
 
If you adhere to the guidelines above when designing and refining your injury management program, you will be able to anticipate problems more effectively and resolve them more efficiently.  For more information on how Accupoint’s web-based solution can help you improve your injury management program, please contact us today.

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