Safety Alert
Adaptation and Modification of Tool Results in Injury
Adaptation and Modification of Tool Results in Injury
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 463
- Machinery and EquipmentManagement of Change
- Hand and finger injuries
- Inspection and maintenance
- Hand tools
- Management of changeRisk assessmentSafety communicationStop-work authority
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
An offshore worker sustained a hand laceration requiring sutures while shortening a combination wrench with a hacksaw for hydraulic-line installation. The alert examines unavailable suitable tools, unapproved modification and failure to consult a supervisor. Corrective actions address close-radius tools, pre-job hazard assessment and communicating restrictions on altering manufacturers’ equipment.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
BSEE Safety Alert 463. Themes: machinery and equipment, management of change.