The Purpose of Procedures
Procedures exist for a reason. They are designed to promote efficiency, safety, and quality. In your everyday life, you may follow a specific routine when you get ready for the day or complete tasks to ensure you’re starting off on the right foot. Procedures provide a set of guidelines that everyone can follow, regardless of their level of expertise or experience. In the oil and gas industry, where the workforce is often fluctuating, this standardization is essential. Organizations can maintain uniformity in their operations, demonstrate a commitment to consistent processes, and most importantly – help keep others safe.
Evaluating Procedural Understanding
So how do we evaluate our workforce’s understanding of the procedures we so desperately rely on? H&P’s LifeBelt Success Checks help us do just this.
H&P LifeBelts were developed to highlight those activities with the highest likelihood to result in a SIF. Establishing and honoring buffer zones and barricades is an example. We know that tubulars being transported with the forklift represent a significant SIF exposure, so we enforce a buffer zone around the forklift equal to 15 feet, or the length of the tubular, whichever is greater. LifeBelt Success Checks enables supervisors with the ability to continually assess their crew’s awareness and understanding of buffer zone and barricade procedures like these.
Watch out the full video here: https://youtu.be/yN8E_BHxJTw?si=IyL-eZOctXHSmdT8.
Pre-populated question sets help supervisors facilitate a discussion with employees to gauge their understanding of the LifeBelts and related operational procedures. These discussions also afford the employee the opportunity to point out situations in which completing the task in accordance with H&P’s LifeBelts may be difficult or non-enabled. This feedback is critical to determining the need for coaching, provision of additional training tools, changes to procedures and even equipment design. Feedback from the individuals that perform the work to the leaders and creators of work plans carries a great deal of importance: procedures and work plans must be continuously evaluated for accuracy and adjusted to reflect the actual process for completing the work safely.
Strengthening Safety
Procedures – essential for maintaining efficiency, consistency, and accountability – are one of our best lines of defense to maintaining a safe work environment. Let’s be sure we follow them as we Actively C.A.R.E. for ourselves and others!
Read out the full HSE News here: https://www.helmerichpayne.com/the-power-of-procedures-evaluating-and-enhancing-oil-and-gas-safety
Or you can also download the pdf of the same from here: https://www.helmerichpayne.com/media/product-highlights/The-Power-of-Procedures-Evaluating-and-Enhancing-Oil-Gas-Safety.pdf
Contact to know more about us: https://www.helmerichpayne.com/contact
#enhancingsafety #weactivelycare #hsenews #helmerichandpayne #h&plifebelts #oilandgasindustry
Procedures exist for a reason. They are designed to promote efficiency, safety, and quality. In your everyday life, you may follow a specific routine when you get ready for the day or complete tasks to ensure you’re starting off on the right foot. Procedures provide a set of guidelines that everyone can follow, regardless of their level of expertise or experience. In the oil and gas industry, where the workforce is often fluctuating, this standardization is essential. Organizations can maintain uniformity in their operations, demonstrate a commitment to consistent processes, and most importantly – help keep others safe.
Evaluating Procedural Understanding
So how do we evaluate our workforce’s understanding of the procedures we so desperately rely on? H&P’s LifeBelt Success Checks help us do just this.
H&P LifeBelts were developed to highlight those activities with the highest likelihood to result in a SIF. Establishing and honoring buffer zones and barricades is an example. We know that tubulars being transported with the forklift represent a significant SIF exposure, so we enforce a buffer zone around the forklift equal to 15 feet, or the length of the tubular, whichever is greater. LifeBelt Success Checks enables supervisors with the ability to continually assess their crew’s awareness and understanding of buffer zone and barricade procedures like these.
Watch out the full video here: https://youtu.be/yN8E_BHxJTw?si=IyL-eZOctXHSmdT8.
Pre-populated question sets help supervisors facilitate a discussion with employees to gauge their understanding of the LifeBelts and related operational procedures. These discussions also afford the employee the opportunity to point out situations in which completing the task in accordance with H&P’s LifeBelts may be difficult or non-enabled. This feedback is critical to determining the need for coaching, provision of additional training tools, changes to procedures and even equipment design. Feedback from the individuals that perform the work to the leaders and creators of work plans carries a great deal of importance: procedures and work plans must be continuously evaluated for accuracy and adjusted to reflect the actual process for completing the work safely.
Strengthening Safety
Procedures – essential for maintaining efficiency, consistency, and accountability – are one of our best lines of defense to maintaining a safe work environment. Let’s be sure we follow them as we Actively C.A.R.E. for ourselves and others!
Read out the full HSE News here: https://www.helmerichpayne.com/the-power-of-procedures-evaluating-and-enhancing-oil-and-gas-safety
Or you can also download the pdf of the same from here: https://www.helmerichpayne.com/media/product-highlights/The-Power-of-Procedures-Evaluating-and-Enhancing-Oil-Gas-Safety.pdf
Contact to know more about us: https://www.helmerichpayne.com/contact
#enhancingsafety #weactivelycare #hsenews #helmerichandpayne #h&plifebelts #oilandgasindustry