PSA Norway issued an order to Ocean Rig after an audit of the management of the working environment and emergency preparedness on the Leiv Eiriksson mobile drilling facility. The audit indicated that Ocean Rig exercised defective systematic management of the working environment and emergency preparedness for Leiv Eiriksson.
From 6 to 13 December 2018, PSA Norway performed an audit of the management of emergency preparedness, the helideck and the working environment on Leiv Eiriksson. Leiv Eiriksson is a semi-submersible drilling facility, owned and operated by Ocean Rig. The facility received an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) from the PSA in July 2008.
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According to the audit, Ocean Rig exercised defective systematic management of the working environment and emergency preparedness for Leiv Eiriksson. What is more. findings and deficiencies from a previous audit of emergency preparedness, the helideck and the working environment had not been fully followed up or rectified.
Based on the observations from the audit, PSA ordered Ocean Rig the following:
- Review the management system for the working environment and emergency preparedness and associated work processes, which is intended to safeguard competence, surveys, risk assessments, rectification of faults and deficiencies, and improvements. The work should include an analysis of why defects related to management of the working environment and emergency preparedness have not been identified and corrected on Leiv Eiriksson;
- Perform the necessary improvement measures on Leiv Eiriksson.
A time schedule for complying with the order must be sent to the PSA by 12 April 2019. The schedule should describe how this work will conducted and followed up, as well as when the order will have been complied with.
