Health & Safety Report 2014

HEALTH & SAFETY REPORT 2014

Focusing specifically on the offshore oil and gas sector, Figures 7 and 8 below illustrate a steady decline in non-fatal and over-three-day/over-seven-day injuries 3 . However, the combined fatal and major injury rate increased by approximately 13 per cent last year. Although there were zero fatalities in 2012/2013, the number of major injuries recorded in that period were 47, 11 more than in 2011/2012, which may explain this increase in the combined injury rate.

Figure 7: The Three-Year Rolling Average of Non-Fatal Injury Rate per 100,000 Workers for the UK Offshore Oil and Gas Sector, 2003 to 2013

900

800

700

600

500

400

300

200

100

0

Estimated Rate of Reportable Non-­‐Fatal Injuries per 100,000 Workers in the UK Offshore Oil and Gas Industry

03/04-­‐ 05/06

04/05-­‐ 06/07

05/06-­‐ 07/08

06/07-­‐ 08/09

07/08-­‐ 09/10

08/09-­‐ 10/11

09/10-­‐ 11/12

10/11-­‐ 12/13

Non-­‐Fatal Injury Rate 788

761

721

668

626

569

509

450

Source: Health and Safety Executive

Source: Health and Safety Executive Figure 8: Over-Three-Day/Over-Seven-Day Injury and Combined Major and Fatal Injury Rates for the UK Offshore Oil and Gas Industry

1,400

1,200

1,000

800

600

400

Injury Rate per 100,000 Workers

200

0

Over-­‐Three/Over-­‐Seven-­‐Day Injury Rate Source: Health and Safety Executive 3 From 2012, the reportable criteria under RIDDOR has changed from over-three-day injuries to over-seven-day injuries Source: Health and Safety Executive Combined Fatal and Major Injury Rate

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