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T H E M A G A Z I N E F O R T H E U K O F F S H O R E O I L A N D G A S I N D U S T R Y
A little more conversation…a little more action
The road to continuous improvement in health and safety performance over the long
term is built through robust lines of communication.
Wireline
talks to the teams at
Nexen, Maersk Oil UK and Total E&P UK about their health and safety campaigns
and the drive to capture the hearts and the minds of the workforce at all levels.
R
olling out in-house health and
safety campaigns is certainly not
for the faint-hearted nor the half-
hearted. Something Andy Shepperson of
Nexen, Megan Brown of Maersk Oil and
David Hainsworth of Total E&P UK (TEP
UK) can vouch for. Immense commitment
is required to truly bring about a long-term
transformation in attitudes and behaviours.
Nexen faced a daunting task in
2012 following a spate of reportable
incidents. “The problem was that
everyone had different ideas about
what working safely meant,” says
HSE advisor Andy. To try and develop
a coherent safety programme,
Nexen established a steering group
to study the oil and gas industry
approach to safety as well as practices
in other sectors. “We engaged
offshore safety representatives
and core contractors to find out
what they wanted in a safety
programme,” explains Andy. “And
senior management buy-in was also
important as this sets the tone for
the organisation.”