Health & Safety Report 2016

HEALTH & SAFETY REPORT 2016

The breakdown of over-seven-day and specified injuries per 100,000 workers is given below. It is important to note that there were some key changes to the RIDDOR reporting requirements that may have impacted the statistics:

• From April 2012, over-seven-day rather than over-three-day injuries are reported

• From October 2013, specified injuries replaced the previous major injury category and some of the dangerous occurrence descriptions changed

The over-seven-day injury rate in 2015 per 100,000 workers at 249 is at its lowest since it was first recorded in 1995-96. In 2015, 80 over-seven-day injuries were reported, with strains and sprains the most common causes. There was a slight increase from 2013 to 2014 that could be attributed to the change in RIDDOR definitions, but the overall trend remains downward as the rate fell further by 42 per cent from 432 in 2014 to 249 in 2015.

The specified injury rate decreased by 38 per cent from 2000-01 to 2012-13 and by 20 per cent between 2013 (129) and 2015 (103).

Figure 7: Over-Seven-Day and Specified Injury Rate per 100,000 Workers

900

*

Over-Seven-Day Injury Rate

800

Specified Injury Rate

700

600

500

400

300

200

Injury Rate per 100,000 Workers

100

0

2013

2014

2015

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

*Period of reporting changed from fiscal to calendar year

Source: The Health and Safety Executive

Worldwide comparative accident statistics are published by the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP). The IOGP incident reporting system covers global exploration and production operations, both onshore and offshore, and includes incidents involving both IOGP members and their associated contractors. Data are provided to the IOGP on a voluntary basis and validated by the association’s Safety Committee.

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