Health & Safety Safety Alert Orange Stripe: 13/FY-23

Engineering & Projects – TGS, Tata Steel

Incident : LTI of a contractor employee

Date of Incident : 06.05.2022 Time: 06:45 AM
Department : ISB, Tata Growth Shop
Location : Structural Fabrication Shed
Injury : Right leg Knee – Blood clotting (Pre-patellar Haematoma)

What happened:
Injured Person (IP) was moving towards plate storage area where he tripped over a projected part (approx.
10 mm) on a plate, kept over the cable trench and fell on his knee. His right knee got injured. Initially no pain
was experienced but later IP experienced pain and observed swelling. IP was taken to TGS first-aid from
where he was referred to Tata Main Hospital. IP was diagnosed with blood clotting (Pre-patellar Haematoma).
No bone injury diagnosed.

Risk Type : Blue Risk (C3, L3)

Name of the vendor : M/s TRF Limited
Current Star Rating of the vendor : NA
Last date of incident (LTI) of the vendor : 05.03.2022
Contractor employee’s Competency : Shift In-charge
Skill Certification : NA
Proficiency (Platinum/Gold/Silver) : NA
Last date of incident (LTI) of the department : 05.03.2022
Incident (LTI) free days of the department : 64
Under camera surveillance : Yes
Health & Safety Safety Alert Orange Stripe: 13/ FY-23

Photograph of the incident site:

Projection on the plate

Injured knee
leading to tripping
hazard

Preliminary Findings:
1. IP was wearing required PPEs.
2. Plate was having multiple projections which led to tripping hazard.
3. IP was inattentive.

Immediate actions taken:

1. IP was taken to TGS First Aid and then moved to TMH emergency unit.
2. All operations stopped and area was cordoned off.
3. PIR (IN00139686) logged in Ensafe.

Recommendations:

1. Existing damaged trench cover to be replaced.

2. All trench covers to be reviewed for tripping hazard.
3. Training and awareness session on Slip/Trip/Fall.