This session examines how the sharing of best practice can improve the wind industry's health and safety performance through innovative, proactive research and hands-on experience.
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Learning objectives
- Implementing best practise in safety;
- Managing performance through integrated safety thinking;
- Innovative safety aspects when moving from fixed to floating offshore;
- Setting industrial standards to provide constant safety leadership;
- Safety leadership throughout the industry from management level to operational level.
Presenter
Co-authors:
Andrew Sykes (1) F
(1) Energy Institute, London , United Kingdom
Presenter's biography
Biographies are supplied directly by presenters at WindEurope Summit 2016 and are published here uneditedKate Harvey is currently seconded from SSE as the General Manager of the G9 Global Offshore Wind Health and Safety Association. Kate began her career in renewable energy at RWE in 2002. Kate then joined SSE in 2008, where she has undertaken the following roles; Consents Manager for Greater Gabbard, Project Manager for Galloper, which is currently under construction and SSE Asset Manager for Dogger Bank. Kate is also a director for Seagreen Wind Energy Limited.
Abstract
G9 Offshore Wind Health & Safety Association – Providing a leadership role to support continued H&S improvement in the offshore wind industry
Introduction
The G9 Offshore Wind Health & Safety Association (G9) has taken on a prominent position in the offshore wind industry, and has been recognised by the wider stakeholder community as providing a vital leadership role to ensure the number of incidents are reduced, thereby resulting in fewer injuries to personnel and increased H&S performance (and the associated benefits to companies linked to this)
Approach
In late 2015 the G9 and other key industry stakeholders were invited to participate in the UK Health & Safety Executive (HSE) “Offshore wind leader’s event”. Throughout the course of this regulator led workshop it was encouraging to see that the industry welcomed the G9 further consolidating its leadership role to drive the improvement of health and safety performance in the offshore wind industry.
Main body of abstract
Independently of the outcomes of the Bootle workshop, the G9 was in the process of updating its overall strategy, including a review of the resources required to fulfil our aims and objectives. In addition to the resources provided through the Energy Institute (EI) to support our work programme, the G9 members have appointed a full-time General Manager (seconded from one of the member companies), in order to provide constant leadership in driving this work programme forward.
Also, following preliminary discussions with other key industry stakeholders (including GWO, IMCA and RUK), we have proposed the formation of a new industry Steering Committee to be chaired by G9. This Steering Committee will meet on a regular basis in order to ensure that the various organisations work programmes are consistent with current and emerging priority risks, that duplication is minimised and that efforts are undertaken by the most suitable organisation under a more collaborative framework.
2016 saw the G9 again publish their 2015 incident data reports for Europe and the UK, providing Lost Time Injury Frequency (LTIF) and Total Recordable Injury Rate (TRIR) benchmarking metrics which can be used to assess the level of safety performance within the offshore wind industry, which also allow for a comparison against other sectors. The reports also highlight the risk profile for the offshore wind sector and where efforts are needed to prevent injuries from occurring on offshore wind farm projects.
Conclusion
In addition to the points mentioned above, the G9 has begun work to update their good practice guidelines: Working at height in the offshore wind industry and The safe management of small service vessels used in the offshore wind industry. Both these publications are widely recognised as best practice in the offshore wind industry and since publication both G9 members and supply chain companies have been working on implementing the recommendations contained into their management systems, working practices and site procedures.
Learning objectives
As part of the presentation at the WindEurope Summit 2016, delegates will be able to hear from a senior member from the G9 who will provide updates and latest positions on the range of activities described above, and other activities which have taken place throughout 2016.
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