IADC HSE Case Guidelines for Land Drilling Units - Issue 1.0.1

IADC
HSE Case Guidelines Part 1 – Land Drilling
‣ Part 6 – Performance Monitoring describes arrangements for monitoring to ensure that
the risk management measures identified in Part 4 are implemented, maintained and
effective at the workplace. Regular monitoring at the workplace is also a risk reducing
measure considered in Part 4.
Part 2
Drilling
Contractor’s
Management
System
Part 3
Rig Description
and Supporting
Information
Part 4
Risk Management
Part 5
Emergency
Response
Part 6
Performance
Monitoring
Figure 1.1.1 – HSE Management Assurance
To provide assurance that a Drilling Contractor is managing HSE effectively, Parts 2, 3, 5,
and 6 must be applied in conjunction with a structured risk assessment process as described
in Part 4.
The benefits to a Drilling Contractor completing an HSE Case are:
Identification of the sources of the HSE hazards included in the Drilling Contractor’s
Scope of Operations;
Assurance that the risks associated with hazards and sources of hazards have been
assessed and that the controls within the Drilling Contractor’s management system
(documented and experienced based work practices) are effective. (See Parts 2 and
3 of these Guidelines.)
Identification of possible gaps in the Drilling Contractor’s management system
relating to Major Hazards, Other Workplace Hazards, Occupational Health and
Environmental Aspects.
Verification to ensure that identified risks are reduced to a level that does not exceed
the Drilling Contractor’s tolerability limits for safe operations.
Demonstration of compliance with applicable regulatory and contractually agreed
HSE requirements.
For Drilling Contractors, who elect not to address the “environmental” aspects of these
Guidelines in their HSE Cases, the term Health & Safety should be used in place of HSE.
Refer to Part 4 – Risk Management - for a more complete discussion about integrating HSE
Management into Drilling Contractor’s scope of operations.
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