Health & Safety Report 2017

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) 7 . 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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2015 2016 European Average

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0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

Lost Time Frequency per Million Man-Hours

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Ireland

The Netherlands

UK

Norway

Denmark

Source: International Association of Oil and Gas Producers

Dangerous Occurrences Dangerous occurrences are categories of incidents defined in the RIDDOR regulations 8 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.

7 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. 8 See www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1471/schedule/2/made

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