Protection From Splashing Essential

Protection From Splashing Essential

Protection From Splashing Essential

Task: The injection of an oxidizing agent into a groundwater remediation injection well.Incident: An unforeseen failure of a pipe fitting resulted in a unforeseen discharge of pressure, causing an oxidizing agent to spray into a well technician's face.While the technician was wearing basic safety glasses, the pressure caused the oxidizing agent to spray underneath the safety glasses and in to the technician's eyes. The technician was immediately helped by others to an eye-wash station where his eyes were flushed with water and he was checked for injuries. As a precautionary measure, the employee was taken to an emergency room. Fortunately, the accident only resulted in minor discomfort and the doctor made a decision that no medical treatment was needed. The technician was able to return to work the next working day.Exploration: The exploration revealed that the injection well coupling that failed was not constructed correctly and didn't use compatible components. The investigation also concluded that the effect of the failure was compounded by a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) that required basic safety glasses but not goggles through this stage of the job.Although goggles had been used in other related injection tasks, this protection had been overlooked.Corrective Steps: As a consequence of this incident, revisions have been made to engineering specifications to make sure incompatible materials were not utilized in the future. Also, the JHA for the injection of oxidizing agents was revised. All personnel working on chemical oxidation jobs are now required to wear complete splash protection during injection operations.All accidents are preventable and this one should have been, however all too often human error results in unintended consequences and injuries. Your JHA process must include asking the question of what could go wrong and providing controls to avoid injury in the event it does. What caught our eye in this incident was that splash protection had been used before, but that somehow this information was not conveyed to others. JSABuilder captures your knowledge of hazards and controls by storing this data for you as well as your colleagues to use again and again, making for a more efficient JHA program and a safer workplace.For more information on how to quickly an efficiently create Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) worksheets view JSABuilder.com

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