The marine shipping business staying safe is the most important aspect of our
jobs it means getting a handle on the situations that may result in accidents
it means changing the way we think about safety and giving us the tools to stay
out of harm's way fortunately tools such as the pre
incident notification or pins program can help
the fact is all of us want to end the workday the way it started safe and
secure that's not always the case too often the harmless oversight of an
unsafe condition leads to an accident or life-threatening situation sometimes
these unsafe conditions are obvious other times they are small details that
get overlooked in the rush to get the job done unfortunately those minor
situations have the potential to become hazardous ones
that's why intervene encourages a process of reporting conditions before
they become dangerous and threaten your health safety and the well-being of
those who follow you we call these unsafe acts or conditions pins or
pre-incident indicators in the next few minutes we'll tell you how to identify
pins and the steps you should take to report them there's no paperwork and no
forms to complete just one phone call from your vessel or terminal is all it
takes to prevent a serious injury or fatality by reporting pins you begin a
process of risk recognition that corrects unsafe acts and conditions the
correction of a pen is a protective action that allows us to avoid injuries
by something witnessed by others and not allowed to persist the appearance of a
pre incident indicator is a sign that the risk for an actual incident has
increased for this reason Penn reporting is followed by immediate intervention a
key element of intervenes pin process this intervention reduces the risk of an
incident involving you or anyone working with you some pins occurred during cargo
tank inspection and product transfer operations many can be taken care of
immediately without the need for reporting such as these depicted during
the following reenactments of a transfer operation
afraid you'll have to discover why we're already far beyond the schedule this is
broken again I will have to fix it but why don't we
start loading in our tank capacity risk of the showing we have the exact
quantity I don't want to take the chance we have to fix it we wait okay chief up
to you thank you my man what's going on you need to get off yes sir we'll head
on down to the gangway we'll lower down you don't need to be jumping down on
this thing go on down this way
we ready to start loading did you press the test your lines with the nitrogen no
we didn't do it why not because we never do that and warmer we never had any link
on board yeah but every link and we can see that the dangerous you know and
Smalley can lead to a big one and we cannot allow for them we take our time
you press your test and then we can start loading okay
hello Leon I'm here to check the safety procedures for loading cargo into this
time just to make sure everything goes smoothly
I think we've got everything under control I have here enclosed space entry
permits but everything is checked yes but you are still testing the oxygen
Paula I've got nothing to do of that and we've never done it this way in the past
let's go to check with chief mate what he has to say about this
hey Dom what you doing hey what's going on alright I'm getting a sample here
getting a sample no I'm doing a safety inspection right now man you need to
wear that respirator when you're doing all right it's right there
but it fogs up it I don't like it you know you're taking a chance here man you
got a choice you can either deal with the inconvenience of that respirator
being far for a little off or get yourself blind and scar yourself for
life you're right
come over on seats what are we doing here man
I got having a pre-loading conference why well I got those taste inspect in
their mess man I don't even have to have this meeting well the reason for this
meeting is where everyone goes over the plan for the transfer operation unless
everyone knows what's going on we run the risk of missing a problem somewhere
yeah we have to make sure that we we have ship-to-shore communication is in
place we want to know what PPE to be used for each parcel we are handling I
will need from you of the specific gravity we have to establish the
quantities we will load we certainly don't want to overflow any tanks well
since you mention PPE where are the canisters for the respirators okay now
you know why we are having this meeting when you detect a pin contact the crisis
management center whether you're on a barge a ship or at an intervene plant or
customer location it's a toll-free number located on the bottom of the
voyage orders the center is staffed seven days a week 24 hours a day these
call center operators are ready to record your PIN observation
when you call the center one of the crisis management representatives will
complete a brief report to help us understand the nature of your observed
pin let's take a look at a successful pin identification
hello I'm mate on the ships thought innovation and I'd like to report a pin
I have a form pair which I need to fill out to properly report this pin do you
have a few minutes thank you we are trying to get the pre transfer meeting
going but we don't have a copy of the voyage orders we can't get started with
our loading operation until we get a copy thank you I have a few more
questions for you that our policy of identifying pre-incident indicators has
the full support of our barge and ship operators barter ship crew may determine
that a loading or unloading operation involves substantial risk leading to an
injury or an environmental upset if these risks are observed and reported as
pins intervenes supports the decisions of the operators who may refuse to
complete product transfer operations due to unsafe conditions or actions our
mission is to create a culture of accident prevention where barge and ship
crew report pre-incident indicators is they work to safely deliver our products
but remember the pin system only works if you're capable of identifying unsafe
conditions stay alert at all times take a second to assess a situation
before you dive right into it do I have the right tools do I have the
right protection what could go wrong here think before you act
if you think through your actions and then carry them out in a thoughtful way
you will consistently identify and avoid dangerous situations by telling us about
these situations you can help prevent someone else from encountering them in
the future all of us who have the goal of making our petrochemical product
delivery process a safe one thank you for your participation in our pre
incident indicator program we look forward to a safe working relationship
that improves the quality of our lives whether it's at work or outside of work
with your help we can steer toward a safe future for all of us