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04 2008 © NSLT and author

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2008

Gert Neuchs Christensen

Health & Safety Advisor, M.Sc.

15th-
15th-17th April 2008
Hilton Aberdeen Treetops Hotel
Aberdeen, UK

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WebLogo of the new Ministry of Climate and Energy

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Supervision
• HSE management and Working
environment
• Subject specific audits, e.g. on
focus areas, noise, accidents etc.
• Safety critical equipment
• NSOAF audits 2006/2007 on
lifting equipment & lifting
operations
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DEA requirements to Health and Safety Case

• New regulation (The Offshore Safety Act) and

amended Executive Orders put among other
things focus on risk management.

Description of:
1. Major accidents risks
2. Other risks (Occupational hazards – WPA)
3. Other health conditions
Must be identified, assessed and reduced to ALARP

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Occupational hazards – Work Place Assessment

Priority
Identification
processing

Physical conditions
Ergonomic conditions
Psychical conditions WPA
? Biological conditions Loop
Chemical conditions Maintenance
Selection of
Solution
Accident risks

Implementation

Removing hazards
and
reducing the risks
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Different People

Different
Equipment

Different
Environments

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Reported accidents (All types) 2007

Fall/Stumbling
14
12
12 Use of
Technical
10 Equipment
8 Material
8 Handling

6 Crane/Lifting
Operations
4 Others
2
Total
0
Mobile Units Fixed
Platforms
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2006 Reported accidents by category on offshore platforms

2005-2007
2005 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18

2007
Fall/Stumbling

Use of Chemicals

Use of Technical Equipment

Electrical Accident

Material Handling

Crane/Lifting Operations

Others

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Actual absence due to reported work related

accidents in 2007

Duration Mobile Fixed

1-3 days: 0 1
4-14 days: 0 1
2-5 weeks: 5 4
5+ weeks: 2 5
Still on sick leave 1 1
Total 8 12
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Accident Frequency on Offshore Installations

Accidents Per Million Working Hours
14
12 Overall
10 Accident
8 Frequency
6 3,5
3,9
4
2 3,2
0
6

7
9

0
19

19

19

19

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20
Fixed Installations Mobile Units

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Old, but still a valid statement

To be, or not to
be: that is the
question

William Shakespeare (from Hamlet 3/1)

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Today: Ongoing and new challenges to the offshore industry

…how to
• control the energy consumption and
• minimizing the emmission of CO2
…and to
• remove the hazards and
• controlling the remaining risks:

That is the question

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