Summary of Offshore
Workforce Involvement Event
(Event Provided by Chevron North Sea Limited)
Thursday 23 June 2011,
Thainstone House Hotel, Inverurie,
Aberdeenshire
A Summary of the Day
1.
James Munro’s Opening Remarks
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The importance of the day and of workforce
involvement
A very impressive turnout by the workforce again
shows the commitment
An opportunity to share best practices and raise
concerns
Encouragement to get involved and participate in the
days events
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2.
Mysterious Acronyms
http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/meetings/iacs/oiac/wig/230611/mysterious-acronyms.pdf
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An excellent presentation by Ross Kerr, Safety
Representative from Kittiwake Platform
Important to clarify doubts
Emphasising the importance to understand
Appreciation of the dangerous working environment
and the need for knowledge of the environment
Knowledge ensures dangers can be highlighted
Try to prevent accidents occurring
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3. Behavioural Safety
http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/meetings/iacs/oiac/wig/230611/behavourial-safety.pdf
• Another excellent presentation, this time by Scott Russell
(CNR), which raised a lot interest for further information
• Best way to protect people is to involve them
• Encourage participation
• Educate the workforce on the dangers and how they can
be prevented
• Safety is an ‘Attitude’
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4. Human Factors
http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/meetings/iacs/oiac/wig/230611/human-factors.pdf
• An extremely interesting and thought provoking
presentation from Dave Nicholls (Step Change/WIG)
• Explained the importance of Human Factors
• Human Factors is easier than you think
• Why do people do things?
• Examples of case studies and why things went wrong
• How to learn from Human error to prevent accidents
• Encouraged to consider and take this forward, with
examples of supporting material on offer to assist
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5. Team Building Exercise
• Willie Gibson (PSN/WIG) provided a scenario, asking the
attendees to provide answers as an individual and then
as a team
• The results concluded that problems are usually solved
better as a group than as an individual.
• People where asked to consider this outcome and to
relate it to the workplace and hopefully the prevention of
accidents
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6. When It Doesn’t Go To Plan
• Roy Boag (HSE Regulatory Inspector) provided images
of accidents that could have been prevented
• Some examples provided a lot of amusement but on a
serious side it also highlighted how accidents could so
easily of been prevented and the things people can do
which borders on the ridiculous
• These examples reminded everyone that accidents are
waiting to happen and everyone has a part to play to
prevent them
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7. Group Discussion - Some of the subjects
raised and discussed included:
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More Safety Representative intervention
Safety Meetings
Two Tier system still exists
The competence of some workers including lack of being
able to communicate
• Succession Training - Training essential for supervisors
including leadership training, apprenticeship themes,
refresher training for safety reps
• How do ‘we’ get the best out people
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7. Group Discussion (continued) - Some of the subjects
raised and discussed included:
• Accountability – move away from no blame to
accountability culture
• Shift Patterns – the difficulties that can arise
• ‘Blockers’ – not being able to do the job
• Learn the lessons when things go wrong
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Observations from the Event:
• The events was another success
• The presentations were well received
• A lot of subjects were covered
• There was in depth discussions
• The attendees participated and engaged extremely well
• There is still a lot of work to be done and no one can
afford to ‘stand still’
• All the offshore workforce needs to be encouraged to get
involved
• We all need to work together