A tool designed for manipulation by an operator from a safe position out of line with the pig receiver opening in case an equipment failure or inadvertent opening of the trap before complete depressurization thereof should cause the pig to eject from the open end of the receiver. The tool features two main components, primarily a reaching assembly of substantially linear configuration having an elongated shape whose length runs along a first longitudinal axis, which lies generally parallel with a central longitudinal axis of the trap barrel during use of the tool, and support assembly that projects laterally from the reaching assembly in a direction generally perpendicular thereto so as to extend along a transverse axis that extends radially of the longitudinal axis.