Health & Safety Report 2014

5.4 Accident Analysis

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The graphs below illustrate the distribution of UKCS fatal and non-fatal reportable accidents from 1994 to 2013, as well as the offshore helicopter fatal and non-fatal accident rates per 100,000 flying hours.

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Figure 20: UK Continental Shelf Accident Distribution

4

200,000

3

3

150,000

4

2

100,000

5

1

50,000

Number of Accidents

Number of Flying Hours

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0

0

7

Fatal Accidents

All Accidents

Flying Hours

Source: Oil & Gas UK

Source: Oil & Gas UK

Figure 21: UK Continental Shelf Fatal and Non-Fatal Accident Rates per 100,000 Flying Hours

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0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 Accident Rate per 100,000 Flying Hours

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10

11

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Fatal Accident Rate per 100,000 Hours Five-­‐Year Average Fatal Accidents

Accident Rate per 100,000 Hours Five-­‐Year Average All Accidents

Source: Oil & Gas UK

Source: Oil & Gas UK

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