Health & Safety Report 2014

HEALTH & SAFETY REPORT 2014

External Representative Groups

EPOL is an industry-led forum with membership drawn from Police Scotland, the Maritime & Coastguard Agency, Oil & Gas UK, and operator and contractor organisations. The group exists to improve offshore emergency response arrangements on the northern UKCS and west of Shetland. Sub-groups are formed to develop solutions to specific emergency response related challenges facing the industry. EERTAG is a tripartite body of industry, regulator and trade union representatives, with Oil & Gas UK providing part of the industry representation and the HSE providing secretariat support. The group meets twice a year to focus attention on emergency response and rescue matters affecting the industry. The NOIA consists of representatives from the national offshore oil and gas industry trade associations from Norway, the Netherlands and Denmark, with Oil & Gas UK providing the UK input. The group has focused successfully on the mutual acceptance of emergency response training standards across national boundaries. OGP’s Safety Committee strives to make the global exploration and production industry as safe as practicable. The top areas of work over the last 12 months are: • Definition of the Safety Committee’s five-year programme (planning ongoing) • Publication of a Process Safety Report 20 for the first time using data for 2011 and 2012 • Publication of a report on Shaping Safety Culture through Safety Leadership 21 • Learning from the events workshop held • Continued development of the methods to report and learn from occupational incidents The UK Industry Forum is chaired by Oil & Gas UK and consists of representatives from the Offshore Contractors Association (OCA), IADC, the Caterers Offshore Trade Association (COTA), the Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation (OPITO), the HSE, trade unions and OPITO-approved training providers. The prime purpose of the group is to provide guidance and support to OPITO on the development of industry training standards. It provides a screening process for requests to change standards and exercises scrutiny and review of work undertaken to maintain OPITO standards.

Emergency Preparedness Offshore Liaison (EPOL)

EERTAG

North Sea Offshore Industry Associations (NOIA)

OGP Safety Committee

UK Industry Forum (UKIF)

20 Publication available at www.ogp.org.uk/pubs/2012p.pdf 21 Publication available at www.ogp.org.uk/pubs/452.pdf

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