Step Change in Safety is committed to working with the UK oil and gas industry to continually improve safety and make the UKCS the safest oil and gas province in the world in which to work.
An essential part of that mission is learning from previous experiences through collaboration. Our searchable catalogue of hundreds of Safety Alerts and Safety Moments are all designed as learning resources that can help improve workplace safety. All contributions remain anonymous to encourage sharing within the industry. No company names, platforms, fields, locations, dates and individuals are referred to in our Safety Alerts and Moments.
Safety Alerts give details of events surrounding an incident or near miss and provide good practice guidance in order to prevent similar issues. Safety Moments are downloadable PowerPoint presentations detailing an incident, near miss or good practice, and which provide discussion points and related resources for use as learning tools.
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High levels of CH4 at shakers during well test operations
After the well test, the rig was killing the well by reverse circulating out the completion fluid and displacing the well to oil based mud…
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Release of compressive load in volute spring resulting in injury
This actuators assembly is a discrete unit which contains a pre-compressed volute spring which enables the valve to operate as failsafe.…
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Overcharged battery in non-ventilated box lead to explosion of remote terminal unit panel
A Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) panel exploded. Projectiles from the components landed over 40 feet away. There were no injuries and no damage…
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Dropped object to sea during overside rope access operations
Once the technician was connected to the ropes and outboard he was passed the coating gun which he tethered to his harness using one of his…
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Burn to right hand caused by hot steam pipe
During the preparation of the pipework the technician removed his right hand glove to search for a pen in his coveralls’ chest pocket. The…
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Falsified training certification
Fake, altered or falsified certification in relation to personal training and / or qualifications have been recieved after requested…