Fire Accident

HSE PEPTALK ON FIRE ACCIDENT (LEARNING FROM INCIDENTS)
Fire needs fuel, oxygen and heat in order to burn. Absence of any of these, automatically extinguishes it.
Probable causes of the fire?
 heated cables
 sparks
 wrong connections
 faulty electronic gadgets
 partial contacts
Consequences of Accident: The consequences are categorized into the following:
Injury:
 Fatality: death of a personnel, visitor, vendor
 Loss Time: discontinuation of normal work activities
 First Aid: immediate medical attention given
 Medical Treatment: evacuated to clinic
 No Injury: no pain inflicted
Persons Affected:

 Customer : receiver of finished product…SPDC, MOBIL, TOTAL, others

 Employee : workers…you and i

 Contractor: vendors…Centkej, Step II, Efanac, Linksnet, others

 Employer: HALDEN NIG. LTD

Property Damage:

 Building: office complex
 Tools: screwdrivers, tapes, voltmeters, staplers
 Equipment: machines, PPE
 Furniture: chairs, tables, workstations
 Devices: phones, laptops, computers, softwares
 Materials: stationeries, inks, files, biros, etc.

Action taken:

 To whom was the Accident reported ?
 When was the Accident reported?
 Was an Ambulance called?
 Were the Police called?
 Was medical treatment sought?

Follow-up Actions
 Clean-up: general spill cleaning
 Records taking: what and what was destroyed
 Salvage: chances of retrieval of properties
 Repairs: general setting up (equipment, building, materials, tools, devices, )
 Close-out: LFI
Key Learning Point: All gadgets and electrical equipment must be properly switched off at the close of business