Video | ESC Line of Fire – Vehicles and Mobile Equipment

This video is designed to encourage conversations about line of fire hazards in relation to vehicles and mobile equipment. Review the video at your workplace and discuss how these types of incidents could occur where you work, what safeguards are in place, and if those safeguards are enough.

Questions for the Group:
• In our company, what situations are considered “in the line of fire”?
• The energy wheel is a useful tool to increase hazard recognition.
• Using the wheel, what other line of fire hazards could exist with vehicles and mobile equipment?
• What safeguards (i.e., controls or barriers) are used to manage these hazards in our workplace?
• Do our safeguards have capacity to fail safely if an error or mistake is made?
• Can you think of an example of complexity in our workplace that could lead to a similar incident?
• What potentially serious incidents (PSIs) involving line of fire and vehicles have we had?

Talking Points:
Discuss the following in relation to the video:
• Life Saving Rules
• Potentially serious incident (PSI) definition
• Vehicle spotters and hand signals
• Step potential and safe approach limits in relation to the powerline strike
• Proximity detection in relation to the track hoe and the person retrieving the toolbox; proximity detection in relation to the vacuum truck boom and the powerline.
• Exclusion zones in relation to the track hoe
• Managing change
• Situational awareness
• Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) and Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)

References:
• Life Saving Rules: https://www.energysafetycanada.com/St...
• Potentially Serious Incidents Program: https://www.energysafetycanada.com/St...
• Are You in the Line of Fire? Program: https://www.energysafetycanada.com/St...
• Building Capacity to Manage Pressure Program: https://www.energysafetycanada.com/St...
• ENMAX Hazardous Electrical Awareness Tutorial Video:    • ENMAX Hazardous Electrical Awareness ...  
• The Energy Wheel: Review of the Art and Science of Energy-Based Hazard Recognition (white paper): https://www.safetyfunction.com/_files...
• Safety Alert: Worker Crushed when Excavator Boom Moved Unexpectedly: https://www.energysafetycanada.com/At...
• Safety Alert: Worker Injured by Overhead Powerline: https://www.energysafetycanada.com/At...