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Major accidents occur rarely and leading
indicators must be assessed in addition to lagging
indicators, such as hydrocarbon releases. Leading
indicators such as maintenance backlogs and
overdue verification findings are used to monitor
how well safety and environmental critical
elements are being managed.
Process safety performance indicators, while
perhaps not as obviously about safety as
the injury statistics, are critical to measuring
performance and ensuring the industry continues
to manage major accident risk effectively.
L ooking at 2016 specifically, it is difficult to
discuss the improvements that were recorded
in most areas of safety performance without
acknowledging the tragic fact that the industry
experienced a fatality in this period. That a
member of the UK offshore workforce lost his
life is a reminder of the hazards inherent in the
offshore working environment, and the need for
industry to stay focused on managing the risks.
The three-year average
non-fatal injury rate
is less than half
that of construction
and transport
en-day injury
16 was the
n record
The specified injury
rate is at its lowest
recorded lev l
Maintenance backlog
is being tackled
by industry
Year-on-year
reductions reported
As a precautionary
measure, Super Puma
flights were suspended
following the fatal
accident in Norway
e 2004,
mber of
ydrocarbon
maintains
ward trend
There was one reportable
non-fatal helicopter
accident on the
UK Continental Shelf
in 2016
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Over 715,000 passengers
were flown offshore
in 2016
totalling nearly 89,000
flight hours
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Dangerous occurrences
are at their lowest:
lower than
the 2000-01 peak
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The ov r-sev n-day injury
rate in 2016 was the
lowest on record
Since 2004,
the number of
process hydrocarbon
releases maintains
a downward trend
Dangerous occurrences
are at their lowest:
lower than
the 2000-01 peak
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