Safety Day

Engagement Activities
Dont Take a Chance
with Safety

Event Leaders Instructions

Participants take part in a game of chance using apack
of cards and some prepared safety questions.
If we take risks with safety at work or at home we are
playing a game of chance. Sometimes we are lucky
andthere are no consequences, sometimes we are not
solucky but are able to avoid the worst consequences...
but sometimes someone gets hurt.
Benefits
 roadens participants Safety knowledge
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 otentially highly engaging, having fun
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 einforces that we should not take unnecessary risks,
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and always DO THE RIGHT THING in the workplace
Avoid the pitfalls
 et of questions not relevant to the group. Select or
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design questions catering to the interest, knowledge,

and needs of the group. We have provided some
questions, but please design your own. We suggest
about 20 questions will be needed
 est the game before you plan to use it on Safety Day
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so you are well prepared - good facilitation is important
for this activity.
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3 8. If you wish to play the game with larger numbers
of people split them into smaller groups each with
someone to deal the cards and ask the questions
Audience
Suitable for road safety operations, operational site and
project teams - target audience size 38. Other groups
will need to design their own questions
Timing
Time required to complete the activity is approximately
30 minutes.
Content required
The Leader explains that if you take unnecessary risks with
safety you are playing a game of chance, where someone
could get hurt, and explains that the game they will play
today works the same.

CAUTION

Instructions
Leader explains that he/she will deal one card to each
person. Once the cards are dealt each person will turn
their card over in turn. They have all taken a risk to take
part in a game of chance.
One player at a time reveals his card to the group
 ny card containing a number 2 through 10 becomes
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a pass (no question is asked). Sometimes you take
chances in life without consequences
n If all players have a number card, the leader deals
another card to each player
n If a player reveals their card and it is a face card
(ace, king, queen or jack), the Leader asks them
asafety question
n If a player gets the answer to the question wrong,
theyleave the game (took a risk and lost)
n If the player gets the answer right, they remain in the
game (they have taken a risk and managed to get
away without severe consequences)
 hen the first round is completed (every player gets
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aturn) the facilitator deals new cards to the remaining
players and the cycle is repeated
 epeat the game if there is enough energy and at least
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2 players left
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Materials needed
1. The list of questions, or make up your own (see
prepared lists of Road Safety, Operational Safety
andProcess Safety questions)
2. 1 deck of playing cards (1 deck for each group
of 56) please remove the jokers
3. Enthusiasm
4. Simple prizes for the winners

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Engagement Activities
Dont Take a Chance
with Safety

ROAD SAFETY
Driver behaviour: (Hearts)
1. Youve been driving for a while and your eyes are heavy and
you tend to stare at the road in front of you, you are tired.
What should you do to help you get to your destination
safely?
A. Open the windows, cold air usually helps..and/ or take an
energy drink
B. Find a safe place to stop the vehicle and take a rest/nap for
1520 minutes.
C. Turn up the radio and sing to your favourite tunes to keep
you active.
Correct answer: B

2. You are driving and expecting an urgent message from the

base office. Your phone rings, you ignore it and it rings again
persistently. What do you do?
A. Pick up the phone and tell the person you are driving
B. Stop your vehicle in a safe area off the road and return
the call
C. Continue to ignore the ringing
Correct answer: B

3. You are approaching a bend at 80km/hr. A vehicle is

approaching from the opposite direction trying to overtake
another vehicle. What do you do?
A. Veer off to the right to avoid oncoming collision
B. Slow down to allow oncoming vehicle more time to manoeuvre
C. Speed up, flash your lights and honk your horn to alert driver
Correct answer: B

4. You have a bad cough / cold. You have taken some

medication in the morning before leaving the house. This is
probably the cause of your drowsiness. You need to pick up
some supplies about 5 miles away. What do you do?
A. Drive to pick up the merchandise, it is only 5 miles away
B. Take a cup of coffee / energy drink before you drive to pick
up the merchandise
C. Ask a colleague to drive you on this trip
Correct answer: C

5. A distracted driver is a dangerous driver. All of the answers

below are major distractions, but which one causes the most
accidents at least 400 times more?
A. Using your mobile phone/hands-free set while driving
B. Eating/drinking behind the wheel
C. Turning the knobs of your radio/setting your GPS
navigation system
Correct answer: A

6. You need to backup your truck for a delivery in a parking /

offloading area. What do you do?
A. Fasten your seatbelt before you drive
B. Trip is too short and nothing can happen. Dont bother to
fasten belt before you drive
C. Shut the door of the vehicle so that no one else will see that
your seat belt is unfastened. Quickly move the vehicle
Correct answer: A

7. You are dropping off your child for a party. The parents invite
you in for a quick chat and they offer you a beer.
Out of curtsey, you are inclined to accept. What is your best/
safest option:
A. You gladly accept the offer; the government regulation allows
a driver to have just 1 beer so it wont deter your driving
abilities too much.
B. You gladly accept the offer; take a few beers as you know
when your limit is reached.
C. You gladly accept the offer but you politely decline the beer
and ask if they have a non-alcoholic drink instead.
Correct answer: C

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Vehicle management: (Clubs)

8. You are on a wide open road and you stop in an approved
area for a rest according to your journey management plan.
You notice that one of your tyres is low and you are not sure
ifit is low in air. What should you do?
A. Drive on until you are at your destination - a busy area where
agarage is easier to find
B. Call the office to obtain a different vehicle
C. Pump the tyre with a handheld pump device and drive onward
to the nearest tyre station

12. You are driving in your truck and have a liquid load that you
are transporting. The tank is half full. When you are driving at
the appropriate speed, what is the one thing that you have to
keep in mind?
A. Make sure that the centre of gravity doesnt change too much
while you are driving
B. Make sure that you are on time no matter what
C. Make sure that your brakes work well in case you have
tobrake harshly

Correct answer: C

Correct answer: A

9. You are on a journey and it is raining. Your windscreen wiper

blades are not working. What should you do?
A. Stop the vehicle in a safe place and manually clean the visor
B. Drive on until you get to the nearest town
C. Stop the vehicle in a safe place and call/get help

13. What items are typically addressed in a JMP?

A. Route and timing
B. Rest periods and rest locations
C. Communication, emergency response and security
arrangements
D. All of the above

Correct answer: C

Correct answer: D

10. Youre loading your car with luggage for a family trip. What
isthe best way to load your vehicle?
A. It is best to put as much luggage on the roof of the vehicle
asyou can, this will leave more room in the vehicle for the
kids to play
B. Put as much luggage in the passenger compartment of the
vehicle, you never know what youll need during the trip
C. Store luggage in the luggage compartment, with the heavy
items as low as possible. Secure loose items in the cabin

14. The total driving time during a persons shift or work

dayismore than 4.5 hours. Is a JMP required?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Depends on the local circumstances (e.g. route hazards,
weather conditions, etc.)

Correct answer: C

Journey Management: (Spade)

11. There are three phases to a Journey Management Plan. Please
state the correct order in which the phases should be done:
A. Plan the trip, Execute the trip, Closing out of the trip
B. Execute the trip, Closing out of the trip, Plan the trip
C. Plan the trip, Closing out of the trip, Execute the trip
Correct answer: A

Correct answer: A

15. Who has responsibilities during company business

whereaJourney management plan is required?
A. Driver and/or professional driver
B. Manager, line manager, and/or supervisor
C. Business traveller
D. Passenger
E. All of the above
Correct answer: E

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Life Saving Actions: (Diamond)

16. If a rollover happens, what item in the vehicle is the most
likelyitem to save your life?
A. Seatbelt fastened
B. Active airbags and head-rest properly adjusted
atthecorrectheight
C. Laminated windscreen

20. Nils Bohlin invented the first 3-point seat belt, in what year
were they first introduced in passenger cars?
A. 1959
B. 1979
C. 1985
Correct answer: A - Swedish inventor, the three-point seat belt - not the first but the

Correct answer: A

modern seat belt - now a standard safety device in most cars. Nils Bohlin's
lap-and-shoulder belt was introduced by Volvo in 1959.

17. You are driving in your vehicle, along a route you know
byheart, you slightly veer off the road. What do you do?
A. Quickly correct your steering to get back onto the road
B. Brake heavily to reduce speed and correct steering
C. Dont do any major corrective actions, just remove your foot
from the accelerator, roll it out until youre at a safe speed
(orvehicle stops) to return to the road

21. What colour vehicle is believed to be the most visible and less
likely to be involved in collisions.
A. Red
B. Black
C. White
Correct Answer: C - White is the safest car colour when it comes to being visible

Correct answer: C

and safe on the road, according to a Monash University Accident Research Centre
(MUARC) study. The study demonstrated that white cars had the lowest crash risk in

Extra questions
18. How many people die worldwide each year as a result of
aroad transport incident?
A. Less than 500,000
B. Between 750,000 and 1,000,000
C. More than 1,000,000
Correct answer: C - 1.3 million people die as a result of a road transport incident
each year (WHO data)

19 When a vehicle running at a speed of 30 km per hour hits a

pedestrian, the pedestrian has a 10% chance of being killed.
What are the chances if a car running at 45 km per hour hits
the same pedestrian?
A. 2 times higher
B. 3 times higher
C. 5 times higher
Correct answer: C - Vulnerable road users are at high risk of injury from speeding
vehicles. The probability of a pedestrian dying as a result of acar crash increases
exponentially as the speed of the car increases.

all types of light conditions, while black cars were more likely to be involved in a
crash, particularly in daylight hours.

Operational (Personal) Safety

22. You see your colleague or a craftsperson with tools in hand
ready to start breaking open a flange on a pump; but you see
no Permit-To-Work posted anywhere. What do you do?
A. Continue on your way believing that there must be a valid
permit somewhere.
B. Approach the person, state that you noticed no PTW was
posted, and ask if he/she has the necessary approvals to
begin work.
C. Comment to your colleagues back in the office/shop that some
people just refuse to follow the rules.
Correct Answer: B

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23. You come to work before a business trip with a suitcase in one
hand and a computer backpack in the other. You are about
ready to start up the stairs but then stop and realise you have
no hand free to hold the railing. What do you do ?
A. Put the suitcase down, put the backpack on, and start up the
stairs with one hand on the railing.
B. Put the suitcase & backpack in one hand, and start up the stairs
with one hand on the railing.
C. Continue up the stairs without holding the railing; everyone has
already started work and no one is around to see you.

27. The company-organised taxi driver is travelling at 80 km/h

down the road to your hotel. You notice that he passes a
50 km/h speed limit sign, but does not reduce his speed.
What do you do?
A. You continue to check your mobile phone for messages and
pretend you did not notice the sign.
B. You question the driver who states that the sign must be
incorrect because no one drives that slow. You believe him
and say nothing.
C. You politely ask the drive to slow down because you noticed
the reduced speed limit sign.

Correct Answer: A
Correct Answer: C

24. You leave the work area for the day, but suddenly realise
that you left a company radio sitting inside the vessel/column
manhole where you were working earlier. You see no one else
around. What do you do?
A. Reach inside the manhole to grab the radio, being careful not
to get too far inside.
B. Return to the control room and ask Operations for assistance.
C. Ask a colleague to grab the radio on his way to his work area
adjacent to the vessel/column.
Correct Answer: B

25. Your supervisor sees several hoses left on the jetty edge by
the previous shift and asks you to clean up the mess. You just
finished washing up for lunch. What do you do?
A. Hurry out and throw the hoses into the back of your truck.
B. Go to your truck and first put on your personal floatation device
before proceeding to pick up the hoses.
C. Knowing that you just received your Swimming Certificate from
the company, you go directly to the hoses and pick them up.

28. You are asked to work from a platform which has the handrail
removed so others can access adjacent equipment. At what
height are you required to wear fall protection?
A. At any height because the handrail is removed
B. 1.8 meters (6 ft)
C. 0.8 meters + the height of the handrail
Correct Answer: B

29. You are leading a meeting with a very important client /

customer who is nearly impossible to schedule time with, when
the office building (not the plant alarm) alarm sounds (not
atest). What do you do?
A. Tell the customer that it is probably a false alarm so just
continue the meeting; someone will come and get them if
itisreally a problem.
B. Respond immediately to the alarm as directed in the
emergency plan.
C. Promptly move to the building elevator and go to the
designated assembly area outside of the building.

Correct Answer: B
Correct Answer: B

26. You are instructed to drill two very small holes in the rear plate
of an electrical enclosure so that you can install an Electrical
Shock danger sign. You notice that there are no tags/locks,
but are sure the Operator said it was isolated. What do you
do?
A. This is the fourth sign you have installed today. So you
proceed.
B. Knowing that the drill bit will barely penetrate through the
panel, you proceed.
C. You go back to Operations and ask that the equipment
be isolated.
Correct Answer: C

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30. You are preparing a team event to be held away from the
workplace. You read the Company Sponsored Events Manual
in the HSSE & SP Control Framework, but are still wondering
how to go about conducting a risk assessment for the outside
activity. What do you do?
A. The requirements in this Manual are only applicable to those
events sponsored (run by) Shell and does not apply to events
that Shell people attend but are operated and put on by others.
However, it would seem good practice for anyone attending
such outside events to do their own due diligence and vetting
prior to attending.
B. Nothing, outside events are usually not hazardous.
C. Change the venue, that way no risk assessment is required.

Process Safety
33. You and your colleague are in the workshop bolting together
flanges on piping to be used for temporary hot water flushing
service during a partial plant shutdown. You notice that the
gasket looks to be the wrong size or type. What do you do?
A. Knowing that the pipe will only be in temporary service for a
few days, you ignore the issue believing that the risk of any
problem is low.
B. You and your colleague conduct your own risk assessment and
conclude the risk is low, so you continue to bolt up the flanges.
C. You stop, unbolt the flanges, and put in the correct gasket;
even though you have to work 25 extra minutes into your lunch
hour to do so.

Correct Answer: A

Correct Answer: C

31. You attend a leadership intervention course and realise that

there are many HSSE & SP requirements in Shell that you
have little knowledge of. You know you can always ask your
local HSSE & SP representative, but you decide to first do
some homework. Where do you look?
A. The HSSE & SP Control Framework (sww.manuals.shell.com/
HSSE/)
B. The HSSE & SP Home Page (sww.shell.com/hse/)
C. All of the Above

34. You walk by a work team using a powered mechanical

excavator to dig a trench for new piping. You get concerned
because you recall that electrical cables are buried very close
by. Within what distance of a buried power cable or pipeline
is the work team required to use hand probing and hand tools
only (i.e. no powered excavators)?
A. The equipment operator must use his expertise
B. 0.5 metres (1.6 ft)
C. 1.0 meters (3.2 ft)

Correct Answer: C

Correct Answer: B

Bonus question
32. Name four of the HSSE & SP Global Discipline Teams (GDT)
Cross Business Core Teams led by a GDT Leader, having
responsibilities to provide Group-wide HSSE & SP thought
leadership, develop new & improved tools & techniques,
support HSSE & SP Control Framework Implementation, and
engage HSSE & SP practitioners in each of the businesses.

35. You are escorting a group of VIPs around the platform. One
of them makes the comment that your welders do an excellent
job in containing sparks inside the enclosure. You look around
and notice that, other than the welder, no one else is there.
Isthis a problem?
A. As long as there are no sparks exiting the enclosure, all is fine.
B. The sparks are 5 meters from any hydrocarbon, so all is fine.
C. A fire watch must remain in place during this hot work.
Correct Answer: C

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36. Process Safety Reviews are an important part of the plants

asset integrity / process safety management programme.
When are these reviews required?
A. Only when there is a significant modification made to
the plant.
B. On new assets and every 5 years on modified and
existing assets.
C. On new and modified assets, and once every 5 years
on existing assets.

39. While making your operator rounds on the platform, you

notice that all but two of the 16 bolts securing the cover to
anenergized electrical box are missing. What do you do?
A. You ask the electrician to put in at least 4 bolts (one in each
corner) to prevent anyone from touching the energised parts
inside the box.
B. Knowing that this box must have all bolts in place when
energized within the electrical classified area, you get the
electrician to promptly correct.
C. You only make a note in the shift log.

Correct Answer: C
Correct Answer: B

37. HSSE Critical equipment can best be described as:

A. Another name for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
B. Equipment whose failure could release a hazard, or act
asabarrier to control or mitigate the effects of a release,
with a RAM red Risk (and yellow 5A and 5B Risks).
C. The device used for conducting gas testing in a
confined space.
Correct Answer: B

38. You are working on a rush job repairing a piece of

operating equipment. You notice that one of the new repair
parts is not exactly the same metal, but is the right size. What
do you do?
A. Proceed to finish the job with the part you have. After all, this
isthe part that the manufacturer provided.
B. You proceed with the repair after first checking with your
supervisor who explains that she has approval from the
Management of Change procedure for the change to the
metallurgy.
C. You put the old part back in the equipment. It was quite worn,
but at least you dont violate the Management of Change
procedure by putting in a different part.

40. It has been one of those nights you want to quickly forget
everything at the plant went wrong and everyone was
called out to help. You just want to get home for some sleep.
Persuade your shift supervisor (your next-door neighbour who
offered you a ride home) to cut his shift hand-over short; after
all ... everyone is already there. What did you just do wrong?
A. Nothing
B. You compromised the effective handover communication within
and between shifts; a requirement of the Asset Integrity /
Process Safety Management Manual.
C. You should have gotten your boss permission to go home.
Correct Answer: B

41. Which pipe is it again? There are just too many in the same
place. Oh, yes, it must be the one with the newer looking
bolts - it was cleaned last week and never returned to service.
Need to get quickly back to the control room to issue the
permit before the contractors go off to another job. These rash
and rushed decisions could lead to what type of incident?
A. Process Safety
B. Personal Safety
C. All of the above

Correct Answer: B
Correct Answer: C

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42. What are the four Process Safety manuals within the HSSE &
SP Control Framework:
A. Asset Integrity/Process Safety Management, Managing Risk,
Process Safety Basic Requirements, Management of Change
B. Override of Process Safeguarding Systems, Design &
Engineering Manuals 1&2, Asset Integrity/Process Safety
Management
C. Asset Integrity/Process Safety Management, Personal Safety,
Environment, Security
Correct Answer: B

43. You watch as a contractor offloads a new portable cafe/

lunch room adjacent to the worksite undergoing a major
project modification. You say to yourself, this contractor is
really good; following all of the lifting & barricading rules...
and maybe well get some good food for a change! More
important than the food, what should you be asking yourself?
A. Do they have a chocolate milkshake machine?
B. Does this building and its location meet the requirements of the
Process Safety Basic Requirements for Safe siting of occupied
portable buildings (PSBR1) ?
C. Nothing else, what can be more important than a good lunch?
Correct Answer: B

44. The Risk Assessment Matrix (RAM) has various coloured

sections, numbers and letters representing the magnitude of
risk. As set out in the Managing Risk Manual, which colours
and which numbers/letters are used to identify the Major
Accident Hazards otherwise known as Process Safety risks?
A. Red
B. Red and Yellow 5A and 5B
C. Blue and Light Blue 1A
Correct Answer: B

45. A Statement of Fitness is:

A. Issued by a trainer of a company football team so that a player
can take part
B. A confirmation that an asset meets the requirements of technical
integrity to commence or continue operation
C. What you have to sign when you get a pair of really
comfortable Safety Boots
Correct Answer: B

46. In Shell we use a bow-tie diagram to show the barriers

that are in place to prevent a top event (e.g. a loss of
containment, or a release of energy). The bow-tie also shows
barriers that aim to reduce the Consequences should a Top
Event occur. Which statement below is true?
A. The barriers to reduce consequences are on the right-hand side
of the bow-tie. The barriers to prevent the Top Event are on the
left-hand side of the bow-tie
B. We use the bow-tie picture because a senior Shell manager
in the 1980s always wore a bow-tie.
C. It does not matter where you put them as long as it looks like
a bow-tie.
Correct Answer: A