WIRELINE ISSUE 31 SPRING 2015

A little more conversation…a little more action The road to continuous improvement in health and safety performance over the long term is built through robust lines of communication. Wireline talks to the teams at Nexen, Maersk Oil UK and Total E&P UK about their health and safety campaigns and the drive to capture the hearts and the minds of the workforce at all levels. R olling out in-house health and safety campaigns is certainly not for the faint-hearted nor the half- approach to safety as well as practices in other sectors. “We engaged offshore safety representatives and core contractors to find out what they wanted in a safety

Nexen faced a daunting task in 2012 following a spate of reportable incidents. “The problem was that everyone had different ideas about what working safely meant,” says HSE advisor Andy. To try and develop a coherent safety programme, Nexen established a steering group to study the oil and gas industry

hearted. Something Andy Shepperson of Nexen, Megan Brown of Maersk Oil and David Hainsworth of Total E&P UK (TEP UK) can vouch for. Immense commitment is required to truly bring about a long-term transformation in attitudes and behaviours.

programme,” explains Andy. “And senior management buy-in was also important as this sets the tone for the organisation.”

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