What happened:

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What happened Injured Party was part of a 3 man
group walking towards the Admin buildings,
shortly after the start of shift. One colleague
had just crossed the road, while the other two
stopped to speak with the Crew Bus driver down
the hill. At the same time, a forklift left the
car park ( where it had been overnight ) to go to
the modules area. The IP then crossed the road
and was struck by the left side wheel of the
forklift. He sustained multiple injuries,
including serious head injuries, requiring almost
three weeks of hospital treatment. The forklift
driver reported that he did not see the IP before
the IP was struck by the vehicle. The masts on
the forklift restricted the view of the road
ahead. The forklift was not found to be faulty
and its speed was estimated at less than the site
speed limit of 15 mph.
Drivers view from Forklift
Issued by Heidi Mykland Authorised by John
Hollowell Date 08/05/2008 This Learning Bulletin
provides a summary only of the subject matter
covered. Shell EPE assumes no responsibility to
outside parties for any action they may take in
relation to the content of this Learning
Bulletin. Template No. EP200507231002 EPE-S-HG
Revision Date 24/03/08
Vehicle involved
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• Learning Points
• After looking at all of our land sites, we found
  we were not managing site forklift/traffic/pedestr
  ian hazards to ALARP or industry best practice.
  Our focus on hydrocarbon hazards may have
  contributed to a lack of attention to this risk.
  We encourage all EP land sites to review how they
  are managing this hazard, supported by the
  learning listed below
• Some learning specific to this incident
• Segregate pedestrian and vehicle areas
• Road traffic risks for sites should be assessed,
  maintained and reviewed as changes occur.
• Site driving policy should be reviewed with
  drivers and pedestrians to ensure they clearly
  understand their road safety risks
• Some additional Best Practices for managing Road
  Traffic Hazards
• Optimal and enforced speed limits and traffic
  controls
• Competent forklift drivers with ongoing refresher
  training
• Optimal Traffic Management Plan that minimises
  traffic, reversing, etc., provides adequate
  space, segregates people and vehicles
• Consider methods to improve forklift driver
  vision (e.g elevated cab, cameras, swivel chair,
  etc.)
• Controls established when people are working in
  vehicle areas (e.g high visual clothes, limited
  vehicle access)
• Reversing alerts (flashing lights, beeping horns)
• More information or support on Land Transport
  Standards contact Axel.botzenhardt_at_shell.com

Issued by Heidi Mykland Authorised by John
Hollowell Date 08/05/2008 This Learning Bulletin
provides a summary only of the subject matter
covered. Shell EPE assumes no responsibility to
outside parties for any action they may take in
relation to the content of this Learning
Bulletin. Template No. EP200507231002 EPE-S-HG
Revision Date 24/03/08
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