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Health and SafetyExecutive

HAZARDOUS INSTALLATIONS DIRECTORATE

OFFSHORE DIVISION

Tom McLaren, Operations Manager, Unit 3

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Piper Alpha 1988 167 lives lost

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Health and SafetyExecutive

Montara/Western Atlas blow out 2009

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Glomar Adriatic IV at Temash

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%lo&o't a(d )ire

*+ e,ac'ated

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Deepwater Horizon Maon!o blow"out 11 lives lost

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HISTOR-

# first oil $%&$

# safety regulated 'y the (epartment of Energy

# $%)) *iper +lpha# pu'lic n-uiry .eport 'y Lord /ullen pu'lished

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# $01 recommendations

# recommendations $2$3 re-uirement for Safety

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# recommendations 321, responsi'ility for

regulation of offshore safety to pass to HSE

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.ER/ISSIONING REGI/E

# goal setting and non prescriptive

# every offshore installation must have an

accepted safety case# an argument for continued safe operation

# a description of the installation and ho4

the ma5or ha6ard ris"s are controlled andmitigated

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LEGISLATION

The O))shore I(stallatio(s 0Sa)et# Case1 Re"'latio(s 2+ 0SCR1

# re'ires e,er# o$erator3 or o&(er3 o) a( o))shore i(stallatio( to$re$are a sa)et# case a(d s'4mit it to HSE )or acce$ta(ce Thisinvolves HSE inspectors assessing the ade-uacy of the case HSE alsohas to accept material changes to a safety case and a revision of a safetycase to cover the dismantling of a fixed installation HSE7s permissioningapproach ena'les HSE to chec" that accepta'le ris" control measuresand an effective health and safety management system are in place

HSE also regulates the O))shore I(stallatio(s a(d 5ells 0Desi"( a(dCo(str'ctio(3 etc1 Re"'latio(s *667 0DCR1 4hich stem from theEuropean directive

# These regulations cover 'oth offshore and onshore 4ells Theyapply to the construction of a 4ell and place duties on the 84ell operator8

to ensure that the ris"s to the health and safety of personnel and theunplanned release of fluids from the 4ell are as lo4 as is reasona'lypractica'le Operators must su'mit plans to HSE in advance ofconstruction, so that HSE inspectors can ensure that the design is safe,to prevent accidents such as the recent oil release in the US+ 4hich "illedeleven 4or"ers and has led to 4idespread pollution of coastal 4aters

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Offshore Specific H9S Legislation

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Onshore .egs +pplied Offshore

Health 8 Sa)et# at 5or9 Act etc: *6;!

.i$eli(es Sa)et# Re"s

*667

/a(a"eme(t o) Health 8

Sa)et# at 5or9 Re"s *666

Li)ti(" O$s: 8 Li)ti("

E'i$: Re"s *66<

.ro,isio( 8 Use o) 5or9

E'i$me(t Re"s *66<

Electricit# at 5or9

Re"s *6<6

5or9i(" at Hei"ht Re"s

2+

.erso(al .rotecti,e E'i$:

at 5or9 Re"s *662

Di,i(" at 5or9

Re"s *66;

Co(trol o) S'4sta(ces

Ha=ardo's to Health

at 5or9 Re"s 22

Co(trol o) Noise at 5or9

Re"s 2+

Co(trol o) As4estos

5or9 Re"s 22

Co(trol o) Vi4ratio( at

5or9 Re"s 2+

Dis$la# Scree(

E'i$me(tRe"s *662

Io(isi(" Radiatio(

Re"s *666

/a('al Ha(dli("

O$eratio(s Re"s *662

Re$orti(" I(>'ries 8

Diseases 8 Da("ero's

Occ'rre(ces *66+

.ress're E'i$: Re"s *666

.ress're E'i$ Re"s 22

The E'i$: 8 .rotecti,e

S#stems

I(te(ded )or Use i(

.ote(tiall#

E?$losi,e Atmos$heres

Re"s *667

Da("ero's S'4sta(ces 8

E?$losi,e

Atmos$heres Re"s 22

Sa)et# Si"(s 8 Si"(als

Re"s *667

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