HEALTH & SAFETY REPORT 2014
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Examining Doctors’ Conference
May 2014
– This year’s event featured presentations
on the following topics:
• Novel approaches to the Oil & Gas UK medical
examination – experience from current ‘trials’
• North Sea helicopter safety and implications of
the CAA safety recommendations
• Revised guidance on obesity
• Revised guidance on anticoagulants
• Guidance on managing nicotine use offshore
• Intrinsic safety of electrical devices
• The revisedOil &Gas UK recommendedminimum
medication list
Aviation Seminar
June 2014
– The focus of 2014’s annual seminar
was on how to rebuild confidence in UK offshore
helicopter safety. With five accidents over the past
five years having left their indelible mark on the
offshore workforce, the seminar looked at what
more can be done to ensure the safety, efficiency
and reliability of offshore helicopter operations.
