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No. of accidents Injury classification
Accidents Fatalities Engine
related
Injuries Severity
Passengers Crew Injured Fatal
2004 total 20 7 4 34 15 23 26
2003 total 35 13 6 70 23 41 52
2002 total 25 6 9 16 13 10 19
Source: OGP: "Safety performance of helicopter operations in the oil and gas industry – 2006 data", Report No. 402, Nov. 2007.
62. Figure 3.5 shows the three-year rolling average FAR by function between 1999 and 2007.
While there has been an overall improvement, exploration and drilling each have a higher
FAR than production does. Exploration is the worst performing function with a three-year
rolling average FAR for 2007 of 3.77, whereas the rate for drilling was 3.66 and the rate
for production was 2.22.
Figure 3.5. Fatal accident rate (FAR) by function in the oil and gas industry,
1999–2007 (three-year rolling average)
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Exploration Drilling Production
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Source: OGP: “Safety performance indicators – 2007 data”, Report No. 409, May 2008, p. 62.
63. Figure 3.6 shows that workers aged between 21 and 35 years old are more frequently
affected by fatal accidents than any other age group in the exploration and production
sector; this may be related to their occupations. For example, a study of offshore injuries in
the North Sea revealed that the risk of injury for roughnecks and roustabouts was four to
five times higher than that for any other occupation and that workers under 30 years of age
had a higher injury frequency rate than other age groups. 16 In May 2008, OGP reported
that 159 fatalities had occurred between 2005 and 2007; of the 80 for which the gender
was specified, all were male. 17
16
“The statistics of offshore safety”, in International Gas Engineering and Management, Jan./Feb.
2002, p. 8.
17 OGP: Safety performance indicators – 2007 data, Report No. 409, May 2008, p. 9.
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