Speakers from industry, the safety regulator and consultancies, confirmed speakers include: Ian Whewell, Head of Offshore Division, HSE, Robert Noble, Technical Services Leader, Hydratight, Ed Terry, SAUF Consulting, Rob Swindell, Bureau Veritas UK & Ireland and Professor John Sharp, Cranfield University with further names to be announced shortly.

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 This event has been cancelled due to lack of interest.

In May this year over 70 industry leaders attended a Leadership Safety Day at the Ardoe House Hotel.  This occasion provided leaders with an opportunity to reflect on the learnings from the Piper Alpha disaster and to determine what more needed to be done to embed the Step Change In Safety Charter commitments within their organisations.


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Our confirmed speakers John Methven & Rick Cohagan, co-chairs of Step Change in Safety, will look at the current safety agenda & how the industry is responding.  

This DVD sponsored by Shell advocates a 'zero tolerance' approach to the management of hydrocarbon releases. It outlines the extent of the problem based on the reporting of HCR incidents to the HSE and what you can do about it.
 
Hydrocarbon releases (HCR) continue to present a significant threat to the safety of offshore installations. Between 1992 and 2000 there were on average 140 major/significant HCR incidents per year. Since 2000 significant improvements in plant, safety-related control systems, procedures and training have helped deliver a year on year reduction in HCR incidents.
 

Despite all this good work HCR incidents have increased slightly over the last 2 years. The industry is reporting around 70 major/significant hydrocarbon releases a year each with the potential to cause a serious accident. The challenge for the industry is to reduce the number of HCR incidents against a background of aging plant and equipment while maintaining workforce competency.
 

This challenge requires a zero tolerance approach to the management of hydrocarbon releases both from the perspective of plant integrity and human factors.
 

Copies of the DVD will be sent out to Step Change members and additional copies are available from Step Change in Safety.

Historically the Step Change Liaison role has been the key link between the company’s senior management, workforce and Step Change Support Team (SCST). Because the role is seen as being critical to the future success of Step Change in Safety a review was undertaken with the following objectives:

• Enhancing the profile of the role within Member Companies and Step Change.
• Strengthening links with the Managing Director, workforce and SCST.
• Identifying the support required for the role.
• Establishing a framework for effective networking.

• Name change to revert to ‘Step Change Focal Point’.
• Formal appointment into the role by company MD/CEO.
• Publicise the new appointment within the Member Company and Step Change.
• Improve induction process into role.
• Mentoring and support from other Focal Points.
• Clarification of roles and responsibilities.
• Establish Focal Point network meetings.
• Improved support from the Step Change Support Team.

These changes will be endorsed at the next Step Change Leadership Team meeting on 10^th September.