Offshore sector beats past safety record

摘要

Further evidence of the improved safety performance of the oil and gas industry is provided by the HSE's latest offshore statistics.rnFor the second consecutive year, no workers died during offshore activity, while major injuries fell by 14, with 30 recorded cases in the 2008/09 period. This added up to a combined fatal and major injury rate of 106 per 100,000 workers - the lowest-ever recorded by the HSE and a significant advance on 156 per 100,000 workers in 2007/08.rnThere was also a marked improvement in the number of major and significant hydrocarbon releases - regarded as potential precursors to an incident - with the total of 61 also being the lowest since the HSE began regulating the industry in 1991.