Incident Alerts

Platform Fire

Aim and Purpose
This database has been sponsored by the UK offshore oil and gas industry. The purpose of the Incident Alerts Database (previously known as SADIE - Safety Alert Database and Information Exchange) is to facilitate the sharing of safety information and improve the lateral learning across the industry. The database is NOT intended to be a comprehensive database of incidents that have occurred in the industry and is not aimed at providing statistical information.

Classification of Incident Alerts
Incident Alerts are now classified into three types: Information Only, General Alert, and High Potential Incident (HIPO). When authoring an incident alert, the author determines its type by considering the Likelihood of the incident and the Hazard Severity using the details provided in the Table below.

How to search Incident Alerts
To perform a search of only Incident Alerts (as opposed to the complete website), perform a search using the Search Incidents page.


	Negligible Negligible injury, no absence from work	Slight Minor injury,	Moderate Major injury involving hospital treatment with extended absence from work	Fatality Single fatality	Multiple Fatality
Very Unlikely Freak combination of factors would be required for the potential to be realized	Don't Submit Alert	Don't Submit Alert	Don't Submit Alert	Don't Submit Alert	Don't Submit Alert
Unlikely A rare combination of factors would be required for the potential to realize	Don't Submit Alert	Info	Info	Info	Alert
Possible Could happen if a number of additional factors are present	Don't Submit Alert	Info	Alert	Alert	Alert
Likely Not certain but potential could be realized with one normally occurring additional factor	Don't Submit Alert	Info	Alert	HIPO	HIPO
Very Likely Almost inevitable that the potential would be realized	Don't Submit Alert	Alert	Alert	HIPO	HIPO