Hand and finger injuries are currently the most frequent injury type occurring on a wellsite. The Helping Hands workshop and supporting materials were designed to reduce the incidence of hand and finger injuries at well sites, but is relevant to any company with an interest in hand and finger safety.
The high incidence of hand injuries is not just confined to Drilling and Completions. In 2020-2021, more than 35% of injuries across our entire Industry involved hands, fingers and thumbs.
Helping Hands is a hand and finger safety program designed to reduce the incidence of hand and finger injuries at our well sites. We have partnered with our Collaboration Partner, the Helping Hands Program to develop the Helping Hands – Hand and Finger Preservation Program.
Materials are available to all member companies on the Safer Together website for deployment of the Helping Hands program in your workplace, and include:
- Workshop Materials - The centrepiece of the program is an innovative workshop exercise in which participants immobilise their dominant hand. They then work in a small team to build a prosthetic hand. Helping Hands take the prosthetic hands that are built during the exercise and distribute them to amputee landmine victims throughout the developing world.
- Workshop Delivery Materials - Safer Together can facilitate your Helping Hands workshop OR we can train your trainers.
- Toolbox Talk Materials - A template designed to conduct a facilitated discussion.
- Video Library - Short videos (30 – 90 seconds long) for use in toolbox talks. The videos show workers in the Qld Drilling and Completions Industry using their hands in everyday situations.
If you would like to engage Safer Together to deliver a Helping Hands workshop in your workplace, get in touch at: [email protected].