TRAINING PACKAGE
#3b: Employee pack (Contractors and sub-contractors)
LIFE SAVING RULES
WHO DECIDES TO BREAK THE RULES,
DECIDES NOT TO WORK FOR MOL GROUP
A message from the CEO
„…The Life Saving Rules set out clear and simple “dos” and “don’ts” covering activities with the
highest potential safety risk and apply to all employees and contractors. The best-performing
companies operate within a simple framework of rules and trust their employees to do the right
thing. Our Life Saving Rules will help us do the same. They are simple, sharp and do what they say
– save lives.
As our workers, leaders, managers, supervisors and contractors, I’m asking you to make a personal
commitment to the Life Saving Rules too, make sure everyone understands and follows them.
Safety will always be our top priority and this shall be based on respecting each other and our
rules. My message is a simple one - if you choose to violate the rules and do your job the unsafe
way, then you choose not to work for MOL Group. We are determined to save lives.”
József Molnár
MOL Group CEO
What are the Life Saving Rules?
• The Life Saving Rules are basic safety rules for high-risk works where failure to comply with the
rules has the highest potential for serious injury or death. They also highlight simple actions
individuals can take to protect themselves and others.
• None of the Life Saving Rules is new, they have already been valid through various legal and
internal regulations.
• Most staff already comply every day.
• The aim is not to blame employees but to drive a culture of compliance. The focus is on modifying
worker and supervisor behaviours in the workplace by raising awareness.
• Compliance is mandatory for everyone, MOL Group, contractor and sub-contractor employees
alike.
• Failure to comply will result in disciplinary action.
What is our goal?
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Prevent
serious
injuries
17 fatalities*
NOW
Compliance with the LSR
would have saved many of these lives
*Staff & contractor/sub-contractor employee fatalities 2008-2012
GOAL
How were they developed?
Review & analysis of:
• MOL Group historical incident data (fatalities, serious or high potential incidents)
• OGP recommended practice
• Oil & gas industry practice
Criteria applied:
• Rules apply to at least 50% of fatal incidents
• Rules can be clearly defined and easily understood by staff & contractors
• Violation of the rules can be monitored consistently
Real incidents
Ignition source
Workforce and contractor personal accidents in the last
5 years
Permit to work
Workforce and contractor personal accidents in the last
5 years
!
Gas testing
Workforce and contractor personal accidents in the
last 5 years
Life Saving PPE
Workforce and contractor personal accidents in the last
5 years
!
Energy isolation
Workforce and contractor personal accidents in the last
5 years
No alcohol or drugs
Workforce, contractor and 3rd party personal incidents
in the last 5 years
March 2010
Contractor employee died in an explosion during a tank cleaning at Csepel
logistics depot in Hungary.
June 2012
Two contractor employees were killed due to asphyxiation by nitrogen at TVK
in Hungary.
January 2010
Slovnaft employee drowned in a service shaft at Slovnaft Refinery in Slovakia.
February 2012
Contractor employee fell from the canopy of a Tifon filling station in Croatia
as he attempted to remove snow and suffered fatal injuries.
October 2008
Contractor employee was fatally injured by electric current as he was
measuring electric motor at Slovnaft Refinery in Slovakia.
September 2012
Third party driver was killed in a road accident with a contractor tank truck at
Krk in Croatia.
Consequences of breaching the rules
Rule violators
expose
themselves or
others to a
higher risk of
injury or
fatality.
All rulebreaking cases
will be
investigated
thoroughly.
If the rule
violator acted
intentionally,
the maximum
appropriate
disciplinary
action will be
applied.
For employees of
contractors or
sub-contractors,
this can include
removal from
site and
disqualification
from future
Company work.
If a supervisor
sets the
conditions for
rule breaking or
fails to follow
through if one is
broken,
appropriate
disciplinary
action will apply.
1. Smoke only at designated areas, do not
use ignition source
Any piece of equipment that is or could be an ignition source, such as a grinder, drilling
machine etc. at an area with fire / explosion hazard, such as technological area is extremely
dangerous and forbidden without the correct permit to work and fire prevention measures.
Smoking or use of matches or cigarette lighters could set on fire flammable materials or cause
an explosion. Smoking at designated, clearly signed areas will keep you safe from causing fire
or explosion.
As a worker, I have to:
• Learn where the designated smoking areas are;
• Intervene and report if I see someone smoking outside a designated area;
• Avoid using any ignition sources in technological areas without a permit to work and fire
prevention measures.
2. Verify energy isolation before work
Isolation separates and keeps you safe from the hazards of various energy sources that can exist
at any job site. These hazardous energy sources are typically electric current, stored electricity
(e.g. capacitors), high pressure, toxic materials, poisonous gases, chemicals (e.g. flammable
liquids), hot liquids/steam, radiation or moving/rotating machine parts (e.g. compressed spring)
etc.
As a worker, I have to:
• Understand the isolations that protect me from danger;
• Confirm with the supervisor that isolations are in place;
• Confirm with the supervisor that it is safe to start work.
3. Obtain and follow permit to work
A permit to work describes what hazards you are likely to encounter while you are working and
how these hazards must be controlled to keep you safe. A permit to work must always be
obtained prior to starting the following activities and followed throughout the job*: (1) Confined
space entry, (2) Hot work, (3) Critical lifting, (4) Work at height and/or over water, (5) Ground
disturbance, (6) Maintenance works of particularly increased risk or conditions.
As a worker, I have to:
• Confirm with the shift lead / foreman that it is safe to start work;
• Confirm with the watchman that I can enter a confined space;
• Follow the requirements of the permit to work.
As a watchman to a confined space, I have to:
• Approve and control access to a confined space;
• Have means of communication with people in the confined space;
• Be aware of emergency rescue measures and carry those out as necessary.
4. Use correct lifesaving PPE whenever
required
Personal Protective Equipment termed ‘life saving’ are personal fall arrest systems and personal
respiratory protection equipment (except dust masks). Always use a personal fall arrest system
when working outside a protective environment where you can fall over 2 metres. A protective
environment includes approved scaffolds, stairs or platforms with guardrails and man lifts. Personal
respiratory protection equipment must always be used if you are exposed or could be exposed to
hazardous agents or to a hazardous atmosphere (e.g. when oxygen levels are low or the space is
filled with nitrogen), as required by the permit to work.
As a worker, I have to:
• Be aware of what fall protection equipment to use and how to use it;
• Be aware of what respiratory protection equipment to use and how to use it;
• Check equipment before using it, always connect the personal fall arrest system to an anchor
point when working at height outside of a protective environment;
• Refuse work if not sure how to use the life saving PPE.
5. Conduct gas tests whenever required
During some works or in specific work areas the atmosphere has to be tested to prevent explosions
and/or make sure you and other people on-site can breathe the air safely. Examples for such works
are entry into a confined space and hot works, where initial gas testing is always obligatory and
continuous testing is also often required.
As a worker, I have to:
• Confirm with the shift lead / foreman that the atmosphere is tested;
• Confirm with the shift lead / foreman that it is safe to start work;
• Wear the calibrated personal gas detector if required by the permit to work or site regulation;
• Stop work if I smell gas or the personal gas detector alarms.
6. Do not carry out work in trenches
without appropriate shoring
No matter how safe an excavated trench or pit may seem to you, it can turn unnoticed into a
deadly trap after a short rain or depositing material next to it. Shoring or sloping the sidewalls
easily gets you on the safe side.
As a worker, I have to:
• Enter a trench or pit deeper than 1.2 metres (approx. chest level) that is not protected by
shoring or doesn’t have sloped side walls.
7. Do not remove safety signs or override /
disable safety critical equipment
Examples of safety-critical equipment include isolation devices/emergency shut-down valves, lock
out/tag out devices, trip systems, relief valves, fire and gas alarm systems, certain level controls,
alarms, crane computers.
As a worker, I have to:
• Obtain authorisation from the shift lead / foreman before overriding or disabling safety-critical
equipment;
• Never remove any safety signs.
8. Do not violate safe lifting rules
Working or walking immediately under a suspended load is unsafe as the load can fall on you. Using
damaged, undersized or incompatible rigging equipment or incorrect rigging methods seriously
increases the risk of a load to accidentally fall. Some lifting activities involve increased hazards (like
lifting heavy loads close to crane capacity or over critical technological areas), these are called
critical lifting.
As a worker, I have to:
• Make sure never to cross an area with a suspended load hazard, whether indicated with tapes or
barriers or not;
• Follow the instructions of the signaller.
*: Some lifting activities involve increased hazards (like lifting heavy loads close to crane capacity or over critical technological areas), these are
called critical lifting.
9. No alcohol or drugs before and during
working
Using alcohol, illegal drugs and misusing legal drugs or other substances will not only reduce your
ability to do your job safely, but will expose your colleagues to increased risk.
As a worker, I have to:
• Always inform the shift lead / foreman if I’m taking medicine that may have an effect on my
capabilities or performance. If in doubt I always check with the shift lead / foreman who will
seek medical advice;
• Avoid using, keeping, selling or distributing illegal drugs;
• Report any case of alcohol or drugs abuse;
• Avoid taking any risk if I don’t feel fit to work.
10. Comply and intervene
Keeping the Life Saving Rules will save lives. One who chooses not to keep the Life Saving Rules
chooses not to work for MOL Group.
As a worker, I have to:
• Refuse any work that violates the Life Saving Rules;
• Intervene and report if somebody violates the Life Saving Rules.
Disciplinary actions
Contractor / Subcontractor Staff
Working without
work permit
Not
using/wearing
the life-saving
protective
equipment
Failure in
performing
the prescribed
gas
concentration
test(s)
Protection
against
collapse is
missing
Safety
equipment
and signs are
removed or
missing
Violation of
regulations
relevant to
lifting
operations
Proven
consumption
of alcohol or
drug
50 000
HUF
50 000
HUF
200 000
HUF
10 000 –
200 000
HUF
50 000
HUF/Pers.
Smoking out of
the designated
smoking area
Energy
isolation
missing
Penalty amount
50 000
HUF/Pers.
200 000
HUF
200 000 HUF
50 000
HUF/Pers.
Expulsion until
correction
(suspended
work)
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X
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X
X
X
X
X
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Ban for 1 year for MOL
Group sites.
Ban for 1 year for
MOL Group sites
(if the PPE was
not ensured).
Ban for 1 year
for MOL Group
sites (if the
equipment was
not ensured).
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Ban the relevant
employees for 1
year for MOL
Group sites.
(if the employee
not used the PPE).
Ban the relevant
employees for 1
year for MOL
Group sites.
(if the employee
not used the
equipment).
Ban the
relevant
shiftleader
Ban the
relevant
employees
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Ban the relevant
employees for 1
year for MOL Group
sites.
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Ban the
relevant
employees for
1 year from
MOL Group
sites.
LIFE SAVING RULES
WHO DECIDES TO BREAK THE RULES,
DECIDES NOT TO WORK FOR MOL GROUP