Health and Safety Report 2019

HEALTH & SAFETY REPORT 2019

Figure 11 compares the UK offshore oil and gas industry’s performance with other European offshore sectors, based on the lost-time injury (LTI) frequency data from the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP). 4 This geographical comparison demonstrates that the UK is in fact higher than the European average. However, the UK had a lower LTI frequency than directly comparable sectors in the North Sea, with 0.72 LTIs per million man-hours, compared with 0.75 in the Norwegian sector.

Figure 11: Lost Time Injury Frequency for Oil and Gas Sectors Surrounding the UK

2017 2018 European Average

1.2

1

0.8

0.6

Lost Time Frequency per Million Man-Hours

0.4

0.2

0

The Netherlands

UK

Norway

Denmark

Source: International Association of Oil and Gas Producers

4 The IOGP data is 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 member operators only.

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