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3. Performance continued

Figure 5 shows only the HCRs classified as major. Six major releases were reported in 2018, and three in 2019, meaning that the three-year average has plateaued at three per year. Annual fluctuations aside, the general trend has been downward, with none in 2020.

3.2.3. Personal injuries and fatalities Reportable injuries in the UK fall into two categories: those that result in seven or more days off work; and specified injuries and fatalities. Figure 6 shows work-related fatalities at offshore installations recorded in over 25 years (excluding aviation, covered in Section 4 of this report). In 2020 there were none.

Figure 5: Major Hydrocarbon Releases

Figure 6: Fatal Injuries Offshore

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Three-Year Moving Average

Number of Fatalities

Number of Fatalities

Number of Fatalities

Year

Year

Year

25

1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04

2 3 1 2 3 3 0 3

2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12

0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2

2012-13 2013-14

0 2 0 1 0 0 0

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

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0 The non-fatal injury rate is calculated from the number of over-seven-day and specified injuries reported to the HSE 2 , as well as offshore population figures calculated from Vantage POB data. The breakdown of over-seven- day and specified injuries per 100,000 workers since 2001 is given in Figure 7. The over-seven-day injury rate decreased from 252 to 217 injuries/100,000 workers in 2020, the lowest the figure has been in over 25 years.

Number of Releases

10

5

0

1996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020

Source: Health and Safety Executive, 2021

2 Defined list of reportable injuries in Regulation 4 of RIDDOR 2013

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