Safety Alert
Reducing incidents through increasing training and supervision of Short Service Employees
Reducing incidents through increasing training and supervision of Short Service Employees
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 440
- Competence and TrainingLeadership and Culture
- Leadership and safety culture
- Competence and trainingOperational supervisionSafety communication
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
BSEE highlights incidents and inspection findings involving short-service employees in offshore oil and gas work. Examples include maintenance and rig-floor injuries and unfamiliarity with safety-system testing. Operators are asked to consider hands-on training, competency assessment, qualified mentoring, limits on short-service employee proportions and oversight of workload and high-risk assignments.
Classifications: Leadership and safety culture; safety culture; safety leadership.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
BSEE Safety Alert 440. Themes: competence and training, leadership and culture.