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HEALTH & SAFETY REPORT
2017
Figure 7 compares the UK offshore oil and gas industry’s performance with other European offshore sectors,
based on the lost time injury frequency data from the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP)
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.
This demonstrates that the UK remains below the European average.
Figure 7: Lost Time Injury Frequency for Oil and Gas Sectors Surrounding the UK
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0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
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1.2
Ireland
The Netherlands
UK
Norway
Denmark
Lost Time Frequency per Million Man-Hours
2015
2016
European Average
Source: International Association of Oil and Gas Producers
Dangerous Occurrences
Dangerous occurrences are categories of incidents defined in the RIDDOR regulations
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that have high potential to
cause serious injury. It is a legal requirement to report these events to HSE.
As seen in Figure 8 opposite, there remains a downward trend in the overall number of dangerous occurrences
since the peak in 2000-01. 2016 saw 292 such incidents. This is the lowest on record and 62 per cent lower than
in 2000-01.
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The IOGP data are voluntarily submitted by its members before being validated by its Safety Committee. It should be
noted that IOGP membership is limited to international exploration and production operators, and therefore incident
frequencies per country are based on submissions from these member operators only.
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See
www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1471/schedule/2/made