Health & Safety Report 2015

6.4 Accident Analysis

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The following graphs illustrate the distribution of UKCS fatal and all reportable accidents from 1995 to 2014, as well as offshore helicopter fatal and all accident rates per 100,000 flying hours.

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Figure 19: UK Continental Shelf Fatal and All Accidents Distribution

200,000

4

3

150,000

3

4

100,000

2

5

Number of Accidents

50,000

1

Number of Flying Hours

6

0

0

7

Fatal Accidents

All Accidents

Flying Hours

Source: Oil & Gas UK

Figure 20: UK Continental Shelf Fatal and All Accident Rates per 100,000 Flying Hours

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0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 Accident Rate per 100,000 Flying Hours

9

10

11

12

Fatal Accident Rate per 100,000 Hours

Accident Rate per 100,000 Hours Five-Year Average Fatal Accidents

Five-Year Average All Accidents

Source: Oil & Gas UK

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