Health and Safety Report 2019

Figure 2 breaks down the reportable incidents by type. Categories from the EU Implementing Regulations and RIDDOR have been combined where appropriate, e.g. “release or escape of a dangerous substance” and “unintentional release of hazardous substances” have been combined into the loss of containment (non- HCR) category. Hydrocarbon releases (HCRs) are the largest single type of reportable incident, followed by dropped objects.

There were eight more incidents of collapse, overturning or failure last year than in 2017 (an increase of 73 per cent) and seven more loss of containment (non-HCR) incidents (an increase of 64 per cent).

Figure 2: Breakdown of Reportable Incidents, 2018

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11

17

73

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7

Other*

Evacuation

17

Collapse, Overturning or Failure

Loss of Containment (Non-HCR)

Weather Damage

Failure of SECEs, Well Barrier & BA Well Incidents

25

Pipeline

Fire or Explosion

Hydrocarbon Releases

Dropping Objects

104

* Other includes collision, faliure of a pressure system, loss of station, unintentional change of position, and unassigned (one each)

Source: Health and Safety Executive, 2019

Hydrocarbon Releases The HSE collates data on hydrocarbon releases within the offshore oil and gas industry. Most HCRs are identified as such in the figure above, but it should be noted that some incidents defined as wells, pipeline and/or fire and explosion may also include hydrocarbon releases. In addition to introducing new reporting requirements, Implementing Regulation No 1112/2014 changed the criteria for what is deemed to be a reportable hydrocarbon release. All UKCS installations have now transitioned to the Safety Case Regulations 2015 (SCR 2015) and share a uniform system for HCR reporting.

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