Name: Fajutag, John Kenneth F.

Date: November 07, 2016

Student Number: 1101838 Section: ME 5 - 4

Case Study
Workplace Transport
According to the latest statistics, every year, there are over 5000 accidents
involving transport in the workplace. About 50 of these result in people being killed. The
main causes of injury are people falling off vehicles, or being struck or crushed by them.
There is really a need for every company to help people involved in workplace transport
reduce the chances of accidents happening. It is mainly aimed at managers but
operators and their safety representatives will also find it useful.

That is the good thing that I learned at Shell during my Internship. Because at
Shell, people and its assest safety is always their number on priority. Since day one, I’ve
seen and experience how great their initiative and how they prioritize safety. I am super
glad that I had my Internship to this company. I’ve been inspired by their values and
right now I can say safety had never been so important for me until I intern inside Shell.

I could never forget how Ms. Mela, HR Assistant at Shell, reiterated right in our
testing day that at Shell, everything has to be safe. She even specify how speed limits
are being monitored inside and around the perimeter of the refinery. That is the first
guideline, that concerns Workplace Transport, that I understood quite easily.

In line with the guidelines that concerns workplace transport, I would like to
discuss some of the other guidelines that I learned and searched during my Internship.
The gist of this list would about risk assessment and the things to consider to manage
workplace transport effectively like site design and activity, safe vehicle and safe driver.
 The most of the important guidelines will be listed and discussed below.

Safe Site & Activity

• Segregation - Every site is different and likely to present different hazards and risks.
However, a well-designed and maintained site with suitable segregation of vehicles
and people will make workplace transport accidents less likely.
• Traffic routes - Make sure they are wide enough for the safe movement of the largest
vehicle. Ensure surfaces are suitable for the vehicles and pedestrians using them,
e.g. firm, even and properly drained. Outdoor traffic routes should be similar to those
required for public roads. Avoid steep slopes.Avoid sharp corners and blind
bends.Keep them clear of obstructions.Make sure they are clearly marked and
signposted.Keep them properly maintained.
• Temporary traffic routes - Temporary workplaces, eg construction and forestry sites,
often have routes for vehicles and pedestrians that change as work progresses.
Where possible, these routes should comply with the same basic standards as for the
permanent traffic routes listed above.
• Visibility - Visibility should be good enough for drivers to see hazards, and
pedestrians to see vehicles. Adequate visibility for drivers is related to vehicle speed
and the distance needed to stop or change direction safely. Consider having mirrors
where sharp or blind bends cannot be avoided.
• Speed - Speed limits can also be used, but they need to be appropriate, properly
enforced and, where possible, consistent across the site. Fixed traffic control
measures such as speed humps, chicanes and ‘rumble strips’ can reduce vehicle
speed. It is important to select the most appropriate control as the wrong measure
can increase risk by, for example, reducing vehicle stability.
• Signs, signals and markings - Signs for drivers and pedestrians in a workplace should
be the same as those used on public roads (as shown in the Highway Code1),
wherever a suitable sign exists.
• Lighting - Every workplace should have suitable and sufficient lighting, particularly in
areas where vehicles manoeuvre, or pedestrians and vehicles circulate and cross &
loading and unloading takes place.
• Signalling - The job of banksmen (or signallers) is to guide drivers and make sure
reversing areas are free of pedestrians. However, in some industries, such as
quarrying, banksmen are rarely used due to the size of the vehicles involved.
• Parking - Parking areas should be clearly indicated and there should be separate
parking areas for commercial and private vehicles. There should also be designated
areas where commercial vehicles can be loaded and unloaded.
• Coupling and uncoupling - Drivers should be properly trained and have their work
monitored by site operators to make sure they follow a safe system of work, involving
the use of trailer and tractor unit parking brakes as appropriate.
• Loading and unloading - To minimise the risks to those involved in loading and
unloading, information should be provided on the nature of the load and how it should
be properly loaded, secured and unloaded.
• Housekeeping - Traffic routes should be free from obstructions and kept clean.
Signage should be cleaned and maintained so that it remains visible and effective.
 Safe Vehicle
• Vehicles used in the workplace should be suitable for the purpose for which they are
used.
• You should carefully consider the working environment in which a specific vehicle will
be used and the suitability of that vehicle for the people using it. Consulting with those
who will use it is a key part of developing a vehicle specification.
• Maintenance - Vehicles should be maintained in good working order so they remain
mechanically sound, and any devices, such as flashing beacons, function properly.
Vehicles such as lift trucks and those with tail lifts must be thoroughly examined by a
competent person and reports kept.

Safe Driver
• Drivers should be competent to operate a vehicle safely and receive appropriate
information, instruction and training for the vehicle they use. It is particularly important
that younger or less experienced drivers are closely monitored following their training
to ensure they work safely.
• Competence - For new recruits: Recruitment and placement procedures should be in
place to ensure all new drivers are competent. For existing employees: Make sure
they have, and continue to have, the skills and experience needed to operate a
vehicle safely. If the work changes, drivers should receive the necessary training to
carry out the modified task safely.
• Training - Training requirements will depend on an individual’s experience and the
training they have previously received. Your risk assessment should help decide the
level and amount of training a person requires.
• Fitness to operate - A person’s fitness to drive/operate a vehicle should be judged on
an individual basis but the aim is to match the requirements of the task with the
fitness and abilities of the driver/operator.
Name: Fajutag, John Kenneth F. Date: November 07, 2016

Student Number: 1101838 Section: ME 5 - 4

Case Study
Lock - Out Tag - Out
Upon reading the case on how a millwright experienced a fatal injury during a
maintenance and repair of an overhead crane, I know that one thing is for sure, this
accident is really inevitable if we consider the people and the workplace that has been
described.

Actually the Lockout procedure was really a good initiative. I couldn't lie that was
the perfect move. The bad thing was the part of the equipment that was described as
corroded. And that word is not a word you want to associate with any of your equipment
because that means trouble.

The millwright should have done some inspection first after locking it out. He
should also verified if the de-energization was done perfectly and everything is okay. He
should have double checked the energy isolating device or even at least operate the
push button or other normal controls to verify that all energy sources have been
disconnected and the equipment will not operate.

But the millwright wasn't wholly the one to blame here. On part of the company
who hired the millwright for some repair and maintenance procedure, what they should
have done to the isolation of the equipment must be periodically verified until the
maintenance or repair is completed, or until the possibility of such accumulation no
longer exists. In this case, they didn't really check on that isolation equipment because if
they did, those corroded parts must have been replaced since.

The millwright personal was also lacking of a supervisor or a companion that is a

qualified person or someone who adheres to the Electrical Safety Related Work
Standard. This was a human error. They should have known that the millwright
personnel was not enough to do the repair. A qualified companion should have been
hired.

Initial review for the job equipment and workplace should have been a
requirement for the employer. The fit person to the job completely was also the priority
of the employer. All the credentials and qualifications should have been checked
vigorously to ensure that who will ever be hired is the fit and safe in doing the job.

All in all, what we learn to this situation are quite handful. First is that the
personnel that will do a work should be 100% qualified and verified to be fit to work.
Also, all the equipments must have their own periodic inspection to ensure that the
hazards and risk will be mitigated right before a serious maintenance or repair is
scheduled.

Supervisors or a qualified personnel who will do a simultaneous supervision must

be present always in the work area to ensure that everything is being executed the right
and safe way.

What I think is the most valuable lesson in this situation is that in everything we
do, ALWAYS DOUBLE CHECK. Verification of what we just did was a really really
needed thing for this situation. Only if the millwright pushed some buttons to ensure that
power was isolated completely, it should saved his life. So we really need to double
check or reassure ourselves in everything we think or do, because it really can save
your life, or even our lives.
Name: Fajutag, John Kenneth F. Date: November 07, 2016

Student Number: 1101838 Section: ME 5 - 4

Case Study
Fall Protection
The case from the previous page narrates how a 40 year old laborer/helper died
upon falling from a height of 27 ft. It also narrates clearly how it actually happened.
Upon reading the whole article, I’ve realized that this was pure accident and the workers
who are doing some roof replacing was not fully ready and they are not prepared for
any accident. They didn't actually anticipate that something like this would ever happen
during their working hours.

This was a really tragic incident. But what happened could have been prevented
only if the workers really initiate and really adhere the safety requirements while working
at heights.

Some of these requirements are the simple Personal Protective Equipment like a
body harness that could have catch the 40 year old laborer and could have prevented
him from dying. They really did not think wisely in working safely. They should also
integrated some platform below the roofing that could have minimize the height and also
the consequence of falling from the roof.

Any work on a roof is high risk because it involves work at height. High safety
standards are essential however long or short term the work is. The nature of the
precautions needed may vary from one job to another. You should carry out a risk
assessment for all roof work. Simple jobs may not require a great deal.

More complex jobs need to be assessed in much more depth. But all roof work is
dangerous and it is essential that you identify the risks before the work starts and that
the necessary equipment, appropriate precautions and systems of work are provided
and implemented.

Providing adequate platforms and edge protection may not always be possible or
reasonably practicable. If so, safety nets or soft landing systems, such as bean bags or
inflatable air bags, can minimise the consequences of any potential injury. If nets are
used make sure that they are properly installed by competent riggers as close under the
work surface as possible to minimise the distance fallen.

Personal fall arrest systems such as harnesses, which only protect the individual
(unlike collective systems such as nets which protect more than one individual), should
be seen as lower down the hierarchy as they do not prevent the fall, only minimise the
consequences and protect the individual worker.
 In addition, these systems require a sufficiently strong anchorage point, user
discipline and active monitoring by management.

In conclusion, everything that had happened to the poor 40 year old laborer could
have been prevented only if the worker put a great deal of attention in ensuring safety is
all over the place. They should have done some risk assessment, use proper fall
prevention equipment, wear the proper PPEs and develop a better communication
among the workers.