Health & safety bulletin
Hand Injuries
16th April 2009
Please see below a self-explanatory ExxonMobil Safety Alert that relates to two hand injuries in the UK; one of these related to one of our employees, who was wearing a glove with a cut protection rating of 3, that probably reduced the damage from what could have been a serious incident to a very small cut.
Following this incident, all work procedures and JSAs have been reviewed. Also, following the training and hand protection review carried out at our December Safety Awareness Day, a separate JSA has been created. This has been designed to give generic safety advice on minimum glove ratings to be considered as part of your risk assessment when the task changes because of unforeseen circumstances.
Remember, if you have to deviate from the JSA due to site specific conditions, stop, think, and plan how you will do the work safely. Document your deviation, along with the control measures taken on your clearance certificate. If you cannot think of a safe way to do it, don't do it - ASK!
Please remember that last minute risk assessments are an ongoing process, not just something you do when completing your paperwork.
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