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HEALTH & SAFETY REPORT
2015
Contents
1. Foreword 5 2. Health Performance 7 3. Health and Hygiene: Significant Issues and Activities 8 3.1 Occupational Health and Hygiene Network 8 3.2 Offshore Medic Competency 8 3.3 Ebola 8 3.4 E-Cigarettes 9 4. Safety Performance 10 4.1 Oil & Gas UK Benchmarking 10 4.2 Health and Safety Executive Statistics 13 4.3 Asset Integrity Key Performance Indicators 15 5. Safety: Significant Issues and Activities 22 5.1 European Union Offshore Safety Directive 22 5.2 Offshore Workforce Size and Shape 25 5.3 Industry-Funded Central North Sea Search and Rescue Helicopter Service 26 5.4 Key Programme 4 and Ageing and Life Extension Activities 26 5.5 Safety of Offshore Helicopter Operations 27 5.6 Helideck Issues on Normally Unattended Installations 28 5.7 Pipeline and Riser Loss of Containment 28 6. Offshore Helicopter Transport Safety Record 29 6.1 Background 29 6.2 Current Helicopter Types 29 6.3 Offshore Helicopter Reportable Accidents on the UK Continental Shelf 30 6.4 Accident Analysis 31 6.5 Safety Improvements and Initiatives 35 6.6 Summary 36 7. Regulatory Consultations 37 8. Oil & Gas UK’s Work in Representative Bodies 39 9. Publications 44 10. Oil & Gas UK Health and Safety Events 45 11. Focus Areas for 2015 48 11.1 European Union Offshore Safety Directive 48 11.2 Offshore Workforce Size and Shape 48 11.3 Offshore Medic Competency 48 11.4 Industry-Funded Central North Sea Search and Rescue Helicopter Service 49 11.5 Ageing and Life Extension 49 11.6 Pipeline and Riser Loss of Containment 49 11.7 Guidelines 49 11.8 Aviation Joint Auditing 50 11.9 Offshore Helicopter Operations Training andCompetency
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11.10 Consultation on Regulatory Oversight of Helidecks 50 11.11 Accident and Failure Frequency Data 50 12. Glossary 51