The Oil & Gas UK published its latest report revealing health and safety data for the UK offshore oil and gas industry, which provides an overall picture of the trends, issues and themes of the sector’s performance on the UK Continental Shelf during 2016.
Key findings
- There was a fatality in the Continental Shelf in 2016 during unpacking of an offshore container
- The industry’s 3-year rolling average, non fatal injury per 100.000 workers continues to improve from 430 in 2015 to 415 in 2016
- The rate remains lower than other comparable industrial sectors in the UK, such as manufacturing, transport/storage and construction
- 2016 saw the third lowest over-seven-day injury rate since the measure was first calculated in 1995-96 a 301 per 100.000 workers
- The specified injury rate decreased to its lowest recorded level to 73 per 100.000 workers last year
- The UKCS’s lost time injury frequency (fatalities and lost work day cases per million man-hours) remains below the EU average for offshore operations at 0,57 incidents per million man-hours in 2016.
In view of the rise of decommissioning plans in the UK Continental Shelf, the report emphasises the need to overcome the challenges of this new period and to maintain the current focus on safety, as well as the need to remain focused on managing the inherent risks of working in the offshore industry.
Explore more by reading the full report herebelow:
Thanks for sharing