REPORT SIFp EVENTS!
OVER
SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT FAILURE
POTENTIAL (SIFp) INCIDENTS
SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT FAILURE POTENTIAL (SIFp) INCIDENTS ARE EVENTS WITH A
“HIGH RISK” OF EXPOSURE.
IN BC SAWMILLS, THE SERIOUS INJURIES AND FATALITIES RATE HAS NOT DROPPED
AS QUICKLY AS LESSER SERIOUS INJURIES AND RECORDABLE INJURIES. MANY
NEAR MISS INCIDENTS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH RISK ACTIVITY HAVE THE
POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS INJURIES AND FATALITIES. SOME OF THESE NEAR MISSES
ARE NOT REPORTED OR BRUSHED OFF BECAUSE NO ONE WAS INJURED.
REPORTING THESE INCIDENTS ALLOWS THE OPERATION TO FULLY INVESTIGATE
THE CAUSES AND DEVELOP CONTROLS TO AVOID THE INCIDENT IN THE FUTURE.
THESE ARE THE SIFp CATEGORIES FOR HIGH RISK ACTIVITY.
PEDESTRIAN
BC FOREST SAFETY COUNCIL | 420 ALBERT STREET, NANAIMO, BC V9R 2V7 | T: 1.877.741.1060 | BCFORESTSAFE.ORG
REPORT SIFp EVENTS!
SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT FAILURE POTENTIAL (SIFp) INCIDENTS
THESE SIFp CATEGORIES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED TO MAKE IDENTIFICATION, CLASSIFICATION AND TRACKING OF SIFp’S EASIER.
HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF INCIDENTS UNDER THOSE CATEGORIES THAT YOU SHOULD REPORT.
COMBUSTIBLE DUST
• Explosion or fire FIRE OR EXPLOSION
• Excessive accumulations of wood dust • Hot work-related fire start or smolder
• Fire or explosion requiring extinguishment,
regardless of cause
LOCKOUT
• Failure to identify and isolate all energy source(s)
• Disconnect labeled incorrectly allowing potential
LIFTING OR RIGGING
for isolation of wrong equipment
• Crane tip-over, hoist failure
• A lockout procedural error is made, and
• Use of damaged lifting/rigging equipment
employee(s) enter the bite or restricted area
• Dropped load
• Unsafe rigging
FALL FROM ELEVATION
• Actual falls with exposure to unprotected work
surfaces or edge PEDESTRIAN
• Potential falls with exposure to unprotected work • People outside a protective structure and
surfaces or edges exposed to these hazards:
• Mobile Equipment – struck by/against/between risk
• Overhead Hazards – struck from above risk
MOBILE EQUIPMENT
• Unstable Material – load spill, engulfing risk
• Collision with infrastructure or other mobile
equipment
• Speeding, tip-over, rollover, mechanical failures HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
• Operating in a prohibited area • Hazardous chemical inhalation or contact with
• Carrying logs/product/materials beyond safe face/torso
capacity, incorrectly and/ unrestrained • Significant hazardous chemical spill or release
• Carrying material not intended for equipment • Exposed or engulfed by a hazardous product
• Unintended injection of hazardous substance under
the skin
SAFEGUARDING
• Exposure to unprotected hazards or point of
operation nip/pinch/crush points ELECTRICAL
• Unguarded belt head and tail pulley • Electrical shock
• Exposure to uncontrolled release of product • Arc flash or blast
from equipment • Exposure to live electrical (unintended and/or open)
• Projectile risk • “Touching before testing” circuit
WATER ACTIVITIES CONFINED SPACE
• Fall into water • Entry without required permit
• Marine or barge capsize or evacuation event • Condition requiring evacuation
OTHER SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT INVOLVING
THE FOLLOWING:
• Weather • Illness • Railcar
• Violence • Natural Disaster • New or Young Worker
• Wildlife • Aviation • Tools or Equipment
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