Health & Safety Report 2014

7. Oil & Gas UK’s Work in Representative Bodies Oil & Gas UK’s Health, Safety and Employment Issues Directorate manages a broad range of issues and co-ordinates the development of cooperative solutions on behalf of industry. This is achieved through a number of forums, networks and work groups. The directorate also actively participates in various other industry groups. 7.1 Oil & Gas UK’s Forums The Health & Safety Forum is a centre for communication between Oil & Gas UK and member companies on a wide range of health and safety issues affecting the UK upstream oil and gas industry. It provides the industry with a platform to engage with the regulators and other stakeholders and proposes and supports research, studies and analysis to ensure appropriate health and safety improvement strategies and actions are developed. The Forum also provides a link to Step Change in Safety. Meetings are chaired by Oil & Gas UK and are held quarterly. Who attends? The Forum is open to all Oil & Gas UK full members and is attended by health and safety managers or advisors from both operator and contractor companies as well as those in occupational health roles. Health & Safety Forum

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• Learning from fatalities • Safety observation systems • Occupational health and stress management • Causal learning

• EU Directive

• Size and shape study • Occupational health • Piper 25 conference

• Aviation incidents

• Ageing and life extension • HSE re-organisation and intervention strategy

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Major Hazards Management Forum

The Major Hazards Management Forum provides opportunities for members to share specialist knowledge, opinion and operational experience in relation to major hazard management. The forum tackles issues such as: • Strategies for major hazard management • Influencing the HSE’s research plans through input to its research proposals and considering the practical implementation • Remaining aware of hazard management developments in other major hazard industries • Sharing specialist knowledge, opinion and operational experience to deliver guidance on major hazard management issues for offshore installations Who attends? The Forum is open to all Oil & Gas UK full members and is attended by technical safety specialists working in major hazard management. Work group members may invite external experts to address a particular topic.

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• RIDDOR Hydrocarbon Release Reporting Guidelines

• Accident and failure data • Process safety awareness • Piper 25 conference

• Risk-based decision framework • Fibre-reinforced plastic gratings

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