Blame culture prominent on Transocean rigs

摘要

A culture of fear and blame is rife across the operations of offshore drilling contractor Transocean, according to a leaked HSE inspection report.rnThe company, which BP blamed in part for the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico in April, was the subject of an HSE investigation across four of its North-Sea rigs last year. The resulting report, which was leaked to the RMT union, highlighted many strengths within Transocean - such as an emphasis on training, support and implementation of key safety initiatives, and good communication of safety-related incidents to personnel - but found that health and safety was in danger of being compromised by an organisational culture of "discipline, blame and zero tolerance".