phase 4 report - DNV

RN05: WORKING ENVIRONMENT – BARENTS SEA // IntroductionMost of the measures to ensure normal workingconditions should be used as fundamental designconsiderations at the design stage of the facility:• the use of safety equipment,• the use of sound technologies,• local conditions in the design (physicalgeographical,social, and other factors),• estimate the number of personnel requiredfor production management and operationof equipment for sound work and rest,• equipment, jobs and sanitary facilities.Appropriate operational measures and administrativeroutines are also necessary to minimize occupationalexposure, and include• personnel,• medical examination• professional expertise and training of safety rules• providing clothing and PPE• proper nutrition;• current health care;• rehabilitation and leave regimesComplex technical and organizational measurestaking into account the features of placing objectsin the cold Arctic climate and working conditionswas the subject of discussion at the working group 5meetings.The experience gained in the operation of existingfacilities in the polar latitudes in Norway and Russiashows that for normal working conditions fordesigning objects transport enterprises, the levelsand characteristics of most of the physical factors ofthe labor process to a number of professions in thedesign of workplace organization, perhaps even leadwould lead to acceptable levels.Comprehensive inventory and assessment of thedegree of exposure to harmful physical factors of thelabor process, specific to the Arctic conditions willhelp to eliminate or minimize the effects of risk ofinjury, as manifest and latent.Barents 2020 Group 5 prepared the enclosedproposal for an international standard on WorkingEnvironment for Arctic Offshore Operations to fill agap in the current ISO profile, which lacks a workingenvironment standard for offshore operations. Itdraws principally on the respected Norwegian Shelfstandard for Working Environment, NORSOKS-002. The proposal builds on aspects of theNORSOK S-002 philosophy, principally the use ofrisk assessments and its emphasis on design solutionsto minimizing working environment risks. To this,the proposal adds the specific aspects of workingenvironment risks related to the Arctic offshoreenvironment found in the Barents Sea.1.2. Working group membersThis proposal was developed by the members ofBarents 2020 Group 5, which consisted of thefollowing individuals during Phase 4 of the project:NameSawhill, StevenTerekhov, Dr. AlexeiLeonidovichAfansieva, Prof. Dr. RallemaFedorovaBorovikov, Pavel AndreevichDrobakha, MarinaErvik, Liv Åshild LandstadGrazhdankin, AleksandrIvanovichHaugan, ArneHeber, HildeIvanov, AleksandrNikolaevichLebedeva, Elena OlegovnaMordovin, Lt. Col. IgorStanislavovichØvrum, ArildRazletova, Anna BorisovnaShapovalov, AlexanderSokolov, Mikhail OlegovichTerebnev, AleksandrVladimirovichTkachuk, Mikhail VasilevichTonda, HenriTufto, PålDNVAffiliationGazprom VNIIGAZRussian Academy of MedicalSciencesGazpromGazprom VNIIGAZShtokman Development AGScientific and TechnicalResearch Centre of IndustrialSecurityStatoilNorwegian Petroleum SafetyAuthority / BG GroupGiprospetsgazRTIST GO UniversityState Research Institute40,Ministry of DefenceUniversity Hospital of theNorth / StatoilKrylov Research InstituteSchlumbergerCentral Marine Design &Research Institute (CNIIMF)Gazprom VNIIGAZGazprom Mining ShelfTotalEni Norge182RUSSIAN–NORWEGIAN COOPERATION PROJECT