Health & Safety Report 2014

HEALTH & SAFETY REPORT 2014

Contents 1 Foreword

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2 Health: Significant Issues and Activities

2.1 An Ageing Workforce?

2.2 Deaths from Medical Causes Among Offshore Workers 2.3 Serious Medical Events Among Offshore Workers

2.4 Smoking and E-Cigarettes 2.5 Nutrition and Food Quality

2.6 Management of Occupational Health

3 Safety Performance

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3.1 Oil & Gas UK Benchmarking

3.2 Health and Safety Executive Statistics (Personal Injuries) 3.3 Asset Integrity Key Performance Indicators

4 Safety: Significant Issues and Activities

4.1 European Union Offshore Safety Directive 4.2 Health and Safety Executive Energy Division

4.3 Ageing and Life Extension

4.4 Size and Shape of the Offshore Workforce

4.5 Joint Auditing Initiative 4.6 Helicopter Incidents

4.7 Helideck Issues on Normally Unattended Installations

4.8 Helimet

4.9 Helideck Lighting

4.10 Pipeline and Riser Loss of Containment Database

5 Offshore Helicopter Transport Safety Record

5.1 Background

5.2 Current Helicopter Types

5.3 Offshore Helicopter Reportable Accidents on the

UK Continental Shelf

5.4 Accident Analysis

5.5 Safety Improvements and Initiatives

5.6 Summary

6 Regulatory Consultations

7 Oil & Gas UK’s Work in Representative Bodies

8 Step Change in Safety

9 Publications

10 Oil & Gas UK Health and Safety Events from 2013 to 2014

11 Focus Areas for 2014

11.1 European Union Safety Directive 11.2 Ageing and Life Extension

11.3 Guidelines

11.4 Size and Shape of the Offshore Workforce 11.5 CAA Review of Offshore Helicopter Safety (CAP 1145)

11.6 Helimet

11.7 Helideck Lighting

11.8 Helideck Issues for Normally Unattended Installations 11.9 Pipeline and Riser Loss of Containment Database 11.10 Relationship with Step Change in Safety

12 Glossary

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