Health and Safety Report 2019

HEALTH & SAFETY REPORT 2019

2. Key Findings

Personal Safety

Process Safety

• There has been an increase in the number of reportable incidents with 289 such occurrences recorded in 2018, 12% higher than 2017 • Hydrocarbon releases (HCRs) were the single largest category of reportable incidents (37%), followed by dropped objects (25%)

• There were no work-related fatalities in 2018

• Fractures were the most common type of reportable injury, followed by strains and sprains • Slips, trips and falls, and lifting and handling injuries were the most common causes of injuries • The over-seven-day injury rate has increased by 12%, with 302 per 100,000 workers in 2018, up from 269 in 2017 • The UKCS lost-time injury frequency is higher than the all-European average, at 0.72 per million man-hours compared to 0.7, but lower than Denmark and Norway

• There were 4 confirmed major HCRs in 2018

• Safety critical maintenance backlog is 59% lower than the peak in 2015, but is beginning to show an upward trend

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