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31st December 2009
Fixed Blade Knife Ban
From 1st January 2010 no fixed blade knives will be allowed on Esso sites.
24th December 2009
Work At Height
Please see link below to the hierarchy of control measures for work at height from Coteba / Shell.
17th December 2009
Falls From Height
Both of these incidents occurred when a worker fell from height, and in both cases the person was saved by their fall arrest harness.
10th December 2009
PPE Non Compliance
Please see enclosed self explanatory Global Alliance safety alert.
3rd December 2009
Year End Safety Awareness
As we near the end of yet another eventful year, we must remain conscious of the very high levels of activity we are likely to encounter across the region. With this in mind we must remain vigilant with regard to applying all safety procedures and processes. We must exercise greater caution during the cold and dark days ahead which bring testing conditions to be managed safely.
26th November 2009
Razor Wire
This highlights one of the reasons why these step ladders are being banned by more and more contractors and better solutions found for most applications.
19th November 2009
Power Lines
According to HSE statistics there were 448 reportable injuries in the UK in 2007/2008 caused by contact with electricity, of these 9 were fatal.
12th November 2009
Pinched Finger & First Aid Treatment
These highlight the need to always read and follow the JSA / method statement. Any changes required for the specific site should be considered as part of the LMRA and documented (with appropriate control measures).
5th November 2009
Worker Hit By Car
This incident could have been very serious or even fatal, the worker was fortunate to only suffer minor injuries and be banned form working on Esso sites.
30th October 2009
Well Done
Unlike most safety bulletins, this one was not planned in advance, carries a positive message in that it is a thank you to all our employees for raising safety awareness to unprecedented levels within our business.
29th October 2009
Cut Finger
An engineer was collapsing a cardboard box and needed to cut the tape holding the base together. The engineer held the box with his left hand and cut the tape downwards. The box was held at approx 45deg from the body so the safety knife was not being pulled towards the body; however, the engineer's hand was in the arc the knife was travelling through.
22nd October 2009
Driving In The Winter Months
As the nights draw in and the mornings get darker it can only mean one thing, winter is upon us. And with winter comes undesirable weather conditions.
15th October 2009
Talk Not Tick
Earlier this year, Shell launched a new safety initiative, “Talk not Tick”. This has been designed to encourage all employees of Shell, and suppliers to the company, to DISCUSS safety and not just tick boxes on compulsory paperwork.
8th October 2009
Foot Injury
Please follow the link below to view a self explanatory safety alert.
30th September 2009
BP/Bovis Global Alliance Newsletter
Please see link to a self explanatory safety newsletter from the BP/Bovis Global Alliance.
24th September 2009
Using Defective Equipment
This shows how dangers can arise through the use of defective equipment. Always inspect all equipment before use, especially electrical equipment. If you find any faults, do not use the equipment and report it to your supervisor. Do not try to compensate for or repair the defect; as can be seen in this report they noticed the drill was damaged, and thought they could compensate for this, but ended up being injured.
17th September 2009
Glove Specifications - Avoid Bloodshed: Think Protection
We have listened to feedback from site teams who have been struggling to remember the order of resistance ratings regarding their work gloves.
3rd September 2009
Getting The Job Done
The enclosed alert shows how dangers can arise on-site by people not thinking though their actions and just “getting the job done”. Any deviation from the SMS/JSA/JHA must be considered and documented on your clearance certificate. This is not just true at the start of the job when you arrive on-site - if anything changes during the day, or you find something is not as you expected, carry out a LMRA (Last Minute Risk Assessment) and document the change(s) on your clearance certificate.
27th August 2009
Vehicle Loading Incident
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) delivered a warning this year for employers to ensure that loads on vehicles are properly restrained following the death of an HGV driver.
20th August 2009
Misplaced Knives
The knife pictured was found inside a recently refurbished BP shop.
13th August 2009
Unacceptable Risks
Routine site audits highlighted two serious HSSE breeches.
6th August 2009
Site Robbery
A robbery took place on a construction site. Two men in a white transit van tricked the site security guard into letting them on site at 20:00 hrs. While one acted as look out, the other moved equipment including drills and a compactor machine from the storage cabin into their van.
23rd July 2009
Mobile Crane Near-Miss
A site recently had a mobile crane setting up which could have fallen over.
15th July 2009
Six Month Safety Review
A message from Managing Director Steve Martin.
8th July 2009
Head Injury
Please see below a self explanatory Safety Alert from Exxon Mobil.
2nd July 2009
Cut Finger
Please see below a self explanatory Safety Alert from Exxon Mobil.
25th June 2009
Compliance To Golden Safety Rules
Please see enclosed a self explanatory ABB Safety Memo.
11th June 2009
Cut In Fore-Arm
Please see enclosed a self explanatory ExxonMobil Safety Alert.
4th June 2009
Global Alliance Newsletter
Please find attached self explanatory Global Alliance Newsletter.
28th May 2009
Safety Letter And Alerts
Please see enclosed self explanatory ExxonMobil Safety Letter and two Safety Alerts.
21st May 2009
Pre-Use PPE Checks
Please see below self explanatory Safety Alert that shows why it is so important to check all PPE and lifting equipment before using it. Although we do not use this exact anchorage connector, similar crimped connectors are very common, and it would be easy for a similar incident to happen where a new component is just assumed to be in good condition.
7th May 2009
Xmoman Subcontractor Notification
Keeping track of subcontractor records can be time consuming. It is very easy to miss the fact that a subcontractor's insurance certificate is about to expire, requiring us to see their updated version, or that the next review date is coming-up.
1st May 2009
Swine Flu
Please see enclosed explanatory NHS Guidance on Swine Flu.
30th April 2009
LOTO Tag
Following the Lock Out Tag Out training session at our December Safety Awareness Day, and the LOTO checklist issued, we are now introducing LOTO tags for use on sites where the neutral and live have been disconnected at the main site distribution board by one of our qualified electricians.
23rd April 2009
Feedback On Good Safety Practice
As regular recipients of our bulletins, you will know that we have developed a strong strategy to raise awareness of health and safety issues, but are certainly not immune from accidents. Being "asleep at the wheel" is the most common cause of accidents, and we therefore need to keep our focus to make sure that complacency doesn't creep in.
16th April 2009
Hand Injuries
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.
9th April 2009
Xmo Strata / Xmo Veritas Site Rules
The following rules are designed to protect and educate our workforce as to latest statutory regulations and Company policy and should be adhered to and carried in company vehicles at all times.
2nd April 2009
Hand Injuries & Head Injury
Please see enclosed self explanatory ExxonMobil Safety Alerts.
26th March 2009
Annual PPE Needs Analysis Review
As part of our annual review of PPE Needs Analysis, we have discussed our job specific requirements with the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) and re-appraised the type of lanyards that we issue.
19th March 2009
Near-Miss - Site Crash
Please see below link to self explanatory ExxonMobil Safety Alert that relates to one of our own sign maintenance teams.
12th March 2009
Dangerous Incidents
Please see below self explanatory extract from a Global Alliance bulletin.
4th March 2009
Health & Safety Offences Act 2008
The Health and Safety Offences Act 2008 came into force on Friday, 16 January 2009.
26th February 2009
Clearance Certificates: Why Get Them Signed And Who They Protect
Why do we bother to complete clearance certificates?
19th February 2009
Driving Safely
As part of our continual safety performance review process, we identified last year that, particularly on maintenance jobs, as much as half our time can be spent driving to and from sites. We have therefore made a commitment for 2009 to reduce this wherever possible.
12th February 2009
Electrical Contractor Fatality
At the Xmo Strata safety awareness day on 12th December 2008, Ian Kidger, Safety Advisor for Esso UK and Ireland, kindly advised us of a fatality relating to an electrical contractor in Egypt, along with the sequence of events that occurred.
4th February 2009
On-Site Risk Assessment
In a recent Health, Safety & Environment Bulletin (No 114), we discussed the issues found when we carried out a random audit of clearance certificates. The issues included very generic and woolly hazards being identified with insufficient detail as to the control measure adopted. A common example was given where the hazard was identified as "Traffic" and the control measure was "PPE" - this is obviously insufficient as wearing ear defenders, as an example (PPE), will have no effect on the traffic hazard (and could actually make it more dangerous).
29nd January 2009
ExxonMobil January Safety Letter
Please see below a self explanatory ExxonMobil January safety letter.
22nd January 2009
Global Alliance Newsletter
We are delighted that some of our employees' positive safety actions have been recognised, and urge all employees and approved subcontractors to continue the excellent progress, and make 2009 a genuine incident and injury free year for us and our customers.
15th January 2009
Log Out Tag Out
As part of our ongoing Health and Safety incident reviews, we have noted that the number of electrical related near-misses had more than doubled, increasing from 6 near misses in 2007 to 13 in 2008. Although most of these are reports of near-misses unrelated to Xmo work, they highlight the significant risk that electricity poses to all contractors and sometimes the general public on site; electrical incidents represent 14% of all the near-misses reported to us.