Health & Safety Report 2018

HEALTH & SAFETY REPORT 2018

A breakdown of all HCRs by source is provided below and illustrates that most releases came from utilities (27), followed by gas compression (15). Most of the releases attributed to utilities were of non-process hydrocarbons such as diesel or hydraulic and lubricating oil, from systems containing limited quantities of these hydrocarbons.

Figure 6: Hydrocarbon Releases by System

10 12 14 16 18 20 22

Major Minor

Significant

Not Yet Classified

0 2 4 6 8

Number of Releases

Source: Health and Safety Executive

The most frequent equipment types from which releases were reported were valves (26), piping (20) and flanges (13).

Personal Injuries and Fatalities Reportable injuries in the UK are categorised into two types: over-seven-day injuries, where a work-related injury results in the injured person being unable to return to work for seven days or more; and specified injuries and fatalities. Figure 7 shows work-related fatalities at offshore installations recorded since 1996 (excluding helicopter incident figures, which are covered in the aviation section of this report). In 2017 there were no work-related fatalities in the UK sector.

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