5 Week Safety Focus

Our 5 week safety focus is (safety in Motion) SIMS. We need to continue to watch each other and stop improper ergonomics. We have several employee's who are out due to soft tissue injuries. Talk about the steps in your job which you might need to bend over or pick material. Some crews even go as far as to stretch before they begin their job.

35MPH Speed Limit When Towing Trailers

There is a 35 MPH speed limit west of the Kuparuk river bridge when you are towing a trailer of any kind.

After Action Review - AAR Form

New After Action Review Form

After Action Reviews are a great tool to communicate with other crew members your lessons learned. AAR's are not to point fingers but to help us reach our goals and improve our performance, in both safety and completing jobs.

The Wells Support Supervisors would like you to share your AAR's at our Friday Team Lead meetings. Sharing your AAR's with your team will provide invaluable lessons to jobs that we can all benefit from in the future.They will help by providing us with the tools to perform the next job better than the last one.

Dropped Objects Prevention Plan

Below is the Dropped Objects Prevention Plan that the API shop has created.

Laminated copies will be placed in all the trucks. If you would like an additional copy please see the Wells Supervisor or the Wells Admin.

DROPPED OBJECTS PREVENTION PLAN

Boom Truck / Crane Inspection

1. Ensure crane operator has current certification.
2. Ensure riggers are trained and competent.
3. Ensure yearly and monthly crane inspections are current.
4. Conduct daily visual inspection. (Ensure safety devices are installed, tested & fully operational)
5. Conduct practice pick without load.
6. Know the weight of load, angle & radius of boom, and do lift calculations.
7. Secure tag lines.
8. Full equipment inspection required after “shock loading”.

Below the Hook Requirements

1. Ensure annual inspection markings are visible on all lifting equipment. (2010 = Black)
2. Ensure load ratings on all synthetic fabric, wire rope & steel alloy slings are legible.
3. Visually inspect slings and shackles for wear/cracks prior to use.
4. Ensure slings & shackles are appropriately rated for desired application.

Weather

1. Verify wind speed. (Wind speeds over 20 mph requires an assessment/variance).
2. Verify temperature. (Temperatures below -35 F requires an assessment/variance).
3. Apply proper de-rating when applicable.

Hand Tools

1. Inspect scaffolding for kick plates/toe boards.
2. Limit the amount of tools present on tree platform.
a. Utilize tool bags when multiple tools/equipment are required.
3. Secure lanyards to Parmalee wrench, crescent wrenches, pipe wrenches, etc.
4. Clear all employees from underneath working areas before starting, and ensure “level to level communication” to prevent others from walking underneath during the job.

Pre-Job

1. Dropped objects prevention shall be discussed in pre-job meetings and noted on SETA cards to raise awareness.

Weekly safety meeting

Everyone remember the weekly safety meeting date has changed. The safety meetings are now on Tuesday 6:30am and 6:30pm.

New Crew Members

We have added two new members to our Wells Support team.


Sam & Jeff will both be working on the Rig Up crew.
If you see Sam or Jeff please introduce yourself and welcome them to the team.
As always lets do our best to mentor our new team members, and introduce them into our safety culture.


Sam Kendall & Jeff Curren

ADW Report

Please review the ADW report from town it has all the ADW incidents from the past week. Keep in mind this report comes out every Monday.

API Valves

If you take a valve off the first dock south of the API shop, please notify the API shop tech. at 659-5072 or harmony 2599 or follow the instructions that are posted on the sign at the east end of the dock. This will help our TRP material coordinator with the tracking and inventory of these valves.

SIM's in the field

CH2M needs to utilize SIM training field wide. We have outstanding qualified trainers that are available to participate in your job; Shana Wilson, Jake Shaw, Dana Urquhart, Barry Bunnell, Jericho Dahlin and Caleb Bennett. Invite one of them to your job and check your SIM's knowledge.

AAR's (After Action Reviews)

AAR's: The expectation is to have one per week documented and shared in the Friday 5 o'clock meeting, conduct AAR's after each job and document the ones that other crews could benefit from.

Welcome to the new Blog!

Welcome to the official Wells Support Blog!
This blog will be used to update everyone in our group on Wells Support topics.
Such as changes, updates, reminders etc.

Please keep in mind that this is an open site. Do NOT post any confidential information or any comments that may be considered rude or vulgar.