The Safety Transition

摘要

Imagine you are standing on a mountain 2,400 metres (8,000 ft) above sea level surrounded by thick scrub in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Your team of 500 employees consist of 70 percent of Papua New Guineans that form you base team to include HR, administration, equipment operators, and field trade skilled and unskilled tradesmen. Your challenge? To perform both greenfield and brownfield operations across an unforgiving terrain, simultaneously keeping your team safe from all injuries from day one. A team - located quite literally above the rain clouds - providing EPC and maintenance services in support of major liquefied natural gas operations. What a magnificent test for a company’s safety framework! As the oil and gas industry continues its gravitation towards Asia Pacific, or seeks to release new investment for existing in-country operations, a true multi-level approach to safety is becoming an essential tool. While companies expect their employees - regardless of location - to perform duties without incident, many have yet to achieve a true safety culture that transcends borders and resonates with a global workforce. This paper examines safety and safety leadership in Papua New Guinea; a truly challenging, potentially high risk environment. Wood Group details their intelligent safety management tool, the ‘Safety Cocoon’, rolled out across the business including large teams of Port Moresby and PNG highland employees.