HARDING SAFETY REPS

Development of an effective Safety Committee

Safety Reps Circa 1999

• 8 / 9 elected Safety Reps

• Not visible to constituency members

• No Duty Safety Reps as a focal point

• Some Safety Rep involvement in incident investigations

• Informal Safety Rep/OIM weekly meeting

• No recorded minutes – Hand written notes in Safety Rep diary.

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Harding 1999 Safety Statistics

• 2 Days Away From Work Cases

• 2 Restricted Work Injuries

• 4 Medical Treatment Injuries

• 42 First Aid Injuries

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Harding Safety Reps Charter

• In 2000 the Harding Safety Rep Charter was created• In 2000 Stuart Broom (Business Unit Leader) for Harding signed a Safety

Reps Charter• A pledge from the management team to support the Harding Safety Reps.• The Charter was then passed on to the Harding contracting companies to

pledge their commitment.

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Objective of the Charter

• Acknowledgment of Safety Reps role & development of the Safety Committee

• Safety Reps contribution

• Management commitment to actively support the intent of Safety Rep legislation

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Safety Reps Charter-Management Commitments

• Promote Proactive Safety Rep involvement in the Workplace• Management / Safety Rep Consultation on HSE issues• Allow Time off for HSE / Safety Rep training• Incident Investigation and Risk Assessment involvement• Promote employee awareness of Safety Reps• Time for Safety Rep meetings• Access to accident & incident reports • Audits & safety inspections• Sharing best practices• Representation at Offshore UK level• Provide Time for Safety Rep duties

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The 90 Day Plan

The 90 day plan focuses on:

• People

• Process

• Plant

• Assurance

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Evolution - 2000

• Allocated time for Safety Reps meeting to plan agenda

• Weekly Safety meeting Safety Rep / Management team

• First recorded meeting minutes with limited distribution within the Harding Team.

• Safety Reps became active team members in Incident Investigation

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-Time for Change

• Safety Rep slot in the 90 day plan quarterly presentation.

• Safety Reps involvement in current and future 90 day plan content.

• Safety Rep slot to the departmental safety meetings

• Safety Rep slot during Town Hall Meetings

• Attended private meetings with the HSE & Business Unit Leaders

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Safety Rep Visibility

• Safety Rep and OIM meeting flights for first ‘Time Out For Safety’

• Duty Safety Rep introduction to new arrivals.

• Safety Management Team Picture board

• Identified current constituency Safety Rep on board

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Continuous Reps Improvement

• Managing our own budget

• Safety Reps Initial Training

• Refresher Training

• Task Based Risk Assessment Training

• Accident/Incident Investigation Training

• Focusing attention on new work parties to the platform

• Larger circulation of Safety Meeting Minutes to Onshore Management and other Platforms

• More involved in Leading Safety Audits

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Raising the Safety Rep Profile

• Quarterly newsletter

• Quarterly Safety Promotions

• European Safety Week

• BP UK Safety Rep Forum

• Field (SPU) Safety Rep Forum

• Safety Reps returning to Harding with feedback

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Harding Safety Statistics Then and Now

1999 Last 12 Months

• Days Away From Work Cases 2 0

• Restricted Work Injuries 2 1

• Medical Treatment Injuries 4 0

• First Aid Injuries 42 4

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The Future

• Looking for new ways to improve safety

• Recruiting new Safety Reps with new ideas

• Expanding our safety network

• Learning from other sources

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