IOGP high potential event report

Incident description:

The contractor was working on pipeline for coating repair job and backfilling activity. Due to heavy rain at location at the time of incident the shovel slipped down hill and operator lost control. The contractor informed control room that the JCB was stuck due to rain and they are leaving the site. The mechanical shovel was going down the hill then slipped, hit the side of the mountain and rotated 180 degree. The next day operation visited the site and confirmed there no injuries or asset damage reported, except for JCB being on the berm.

What Went Wrong:

1. ROW is blocked due to washout by heavy rain. 2. Performing authority wrong decision by choosing the ROW to drive in the steep slope for demobilizing the equipment from the work location without prior permission from the issuing authority. 3. Operator not having experience in driving Backhoe equipment in the steep slope. 4. No any warning signboard at both end of the steep slope mentioning not allowed to drive for any unauthorized vehicle/equipment. 5. Driving the Backhoe Equipment in the steep slope is not captured in the Method statement and TRA. 6. ROW is very steep slope, lot of small stones in the row which fall from the side of the cliff. 7. Mobilizing the Equipment /driving the equipment in the steep slope not identified in the SOW.

Corrective Actions:

1. Capture the task mobilization of equipment / vehicle (driving) in the ROW steep slope in any task in ROW. 2. Equipment operator experience in driving in steep slope shall be verified before driving in steep slope. 3. Equipment capability to drive in the steep slope shall only be used to drive in steep slope.