Health & Safety Report 2017

HEALTH & SAFETY REPORT 2017

Comparison across sectors helps to give a sense of how well the industry is managing the risks to its personnel overall. Despite the major hazards associated with the sector, Figure 5 below shows that the three-year average non-fatal injury rate per 100,000 workers for offshore oil and gas remains below other comparable industry sectors, and is less than half that of construction and transport. Rather than a measure of the relative levels of overall safety within these sectors, the low injury rate within the offshore oil and gas industry when compared with the other industries is more likely an indicator of the mature health and safety culture that exists offshore.

Figure 5: Three-Year Rolling Average Reportable Non-Fatal Injury Rate per 100,000 Workers for the UK Offshore Oil and Gas Sector Compared with other UK Industry Sectors

1,800

Construction

Manufacturing

1,600

Transport/Storage

Offshore Oil and Gas

*

1,400

1,200

1,000

800

600

per 100,000 Workers

400

200

Calculated Rate of Reportable Non-Fatal Injury

0

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2008/09 -

2009/10 -

2010/11 -

2011/12 -

2012/13 -

2013/14 -

*Offshore oil and gas reported for 2014-2016 calendar year

Source: Health and Safety Executive

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