Safety publications
APPEA publishes a wide range of safety information and documents, including:
- Common Safety Training Program (CSTP) materials
- High-potential incident alerts
- Sharing Safety Solutions case studies
- Safety Conversations for Supervisors & Manager
- APPEA Safety Performance Data
Common Safety Training Program information:
See the Common Safety Training Program page of this website
Incident alerts
High-potential incident alerts are distributed by APPEA for the Australian oil and gas industry to highlight learnings from incidents.
In 2009, APPEA introduced a new requirement for members to report high-potential incidents as part of the safety performance reporting process. A high-potential incident (HiPO) is an accident event or happening of a serious nature that: results in a Major Accident Event (MAE) performance standard not being met; results in a loss of containment; or could cause a fatality or multiple fatalities.
If you have any queries regarding the incident alerts please refer to the contact details featured in the attachment or contact Leanne Drewitt, Senior Project Officer – People Strategies
- Incident Alert - 69 - Workboat operator pinned by rope
- Incident Alert - 68 - Projectile hits excavator cab windscreen
- Incident Alert - 67 - Crane rollover during transit
- Incident Alert - 66 - Water truck tip-over
- Incident Alert - 65 - Explosion at jetty head sump
- Incident Alert - 64 - Towline parting during static tow of FPSO vessel
- Incident Alert - 63 - 200kg guide roller thrown from frame
- Incident Alert - 62- Drill pipe dropped from tubular feeding machine
- Incident Alert - 61 - Bolt sheared off swivel head
- Incident Alert - 60 - Pressure Vacuum breaker loss of containment
- Incident Alert - 59 - Uncontrolled load movement – sheave bolt failure (Schramm T660)
- Incident Alert - 58 - Worker leaves broken down vehicle in remote part of Northern Territory
- Incident Alert - 57 - FPSO helideck landings
- Incident Alert - 56 - Medical Treatment after Manually Handling Drill Pipe
- Incident Alert - 55 - Motor Vehicle Rollover
- Incident Alert - 54 - Wellhead Platform (WHP) Gas Release
- Incident Alert - 53 - Helicopter Incident
- Incident Alert - 52 - Helicopter Tail Rotor Strike
- Incident Alert - 51 - Dropped Elevator Guide
- Incident Alert - 50 - Dropped Fingerboard Latch
- Incident Alert - 49 - Dropped Drill Line
- Incicent Alert - 48 - Fall Down Vessel Stairs
- Incicent Alert - 47 - Crane Hoist Fall from Gantry
- Incident Alert - 46 - High Pressure Water Jetting Dive Incident
- Incident Alert - 45 - Dropped Object - Diverter Cap
- Incident Alert - 44 - Instrument Tube Fitting Failure
- Incident Alert - 43 - Eye Bolt Mismatch Causes Dropped Object
- Incident Alert - 42 - Unauthorised Confined Space Entry
- Incident Alert - 41 - LNG Loss of Containment Incident
- Incident Alert - 40 - Struck by 4 Inch Drill Collar
- Incident Alert - 39 - Struck by a Dropped Drill Rod
- Incident Alert - 38 - Struck by Falling Light Fitting
- Incident Alert - 37 - Struck in the Face by Angle Grinder
- Incident Alert - 36 - Bogged Grader Pipeline Strike & Gas Release
- Incident Alert - 35 - Fire Hydrant Failure
- Incident Alert - 34 - Potential Dropped Object
- Incident Alert - 33 - Grader Makes Contact with Conduit Containing 1000V Cable
- Incident Alert - 32 - Water Trunk Line Strike
- Incident Alert - 31 - Severe Burns from High Voltage Shock
- Incident Alert - 30 - Storm Destroys Portable Buildings
- Incident Alert - 29 - Offshore Bridge Failure
- Incident Alert - 28 - Dropped Pipe
- Incident Alert - 27 - Polyline Pneumatic Test Failure
- Incident Alert - 26 - Fall from Height Rig Demobilisation
- Incident Alert - 25 - Vehicle Slow Rollover
- Incident Alert - 24 - Tipper Truck Roll-Over
- Incident Alert - 23 - High Speed Vehicle Rollover
- Incident Alert - 22 - Uncontrolled Movement of Mobile Crane
- Incident Alert - 21 - Vehicle Roll Over
- Incident Alert - 20 - Water Truck Rollover
- Incident Alert - 19 - Crane Load Lowered Unexpectedly
- Incident Alert - 18 - Transport Load Risk
- Incident Alert - 17 - Failure of Rotary Swivel Torque Arm Pin
- Incident Alert - 16 - Warehouse Frame Collapse
- Incident Alert - 15 - Drilled into a live power cable
- Incident Alert - 14 - Cable Slip through Wireline T-Bar
- Incident Alert - 13 - Dropped Joint Liner
- Incident Alert - 12 - Conductor Pipe Punch Through
- Incident Alert - 11 - Uncontrolled Gas Release
- Incident Alert - 10 - Dropped circulating hose assembly
- Incident Alert - 09 - Dropped drillpipe joint
- Incident Alert - 08 - Entanglement in a lathe
- Incident Alert - 07 - Dropped chain tong
- Incident Alert - 06 - Struck by forklift jib
- Incident Alert - 05 - Crane tipping incident
- Incident Alert - 04 - Contact with electrical cable during excavation work
- Incident Alert - 03 - Dropped drill collar
- Incident Alert - 02 - High Potential - Bolt Sheared off Swivel Head
- Incident Alert - 01 - Critical - Parking Safely
Sharing Safety Solutions
Sharing Safety Solutions case studies are produced by APPEA in conjunction with the HSO Committee to highlight innovation and best practice in the Australian oil and gas industry.
Anyone from the oil and gas industry can submit a ‘Sharing Safety Solution’ to APPEA’s HSO Committee by sending information to Leanne Drewitt, Senior Project Officer – People Strategies
- SSS 1 - Safe Shipping Fairways - by Woodside Energy Limited
- SSS 2 - Achieving behavioral change & addressing emerging trends - by Esso Australia Pty Ltd
- SSS 3 - Mentoring Program - by Transocean
- SSS 4 - A perfect day - by Transocean
- SSS 5 - Health & Well-being preventing illness & injuries in the workplace - by Santos
- SSS 6 - Reducing injuries from dogging - by Toll Energy
- SSS 7 - The Halliburton Management System - by Halliburton
- SSS 8 - Crane safety wins APPEA award - by BHPB Petroleum Pty Ltd
- SSS 9 - Management site visit schedule - by Clough Limited
- SSS 10 - Promoting Process Safety - by Esso Australia Pty Ltd
- SSS 11 - Fatigue risk management in the workplace - by Santos Ltd
- SSS 12 - Getting a grip - Controlling Hand and Finger Injuries and Sample Glove Exemption Form
- SSS 13 - Addressing Safety Challenges in the Australian Coal Seam Gas Sector
- SSS 14 - Staying safe in the heat during summer
- SSS 15 - Managing Fatigue
Safety Conversations for Supervisors and Managers
These materials are intended to provide assistance to supervisors in the oil and gas industry within their difficult role as the link between the workers and senior management.Using these materials should give you some information and guidance on being a ‘supervisor’ and on how to more effectively lead safety in your workplace.
- Safety Topics 1 - "Great Supervisors"
- Safety Topics 2 - "Making toolbox talks work"
- Safety Topics 3 - "Effectively managing difficult people"
These materials are being developed by Optimus Safety Management (Australia)
Self-audit checklist for offshore operations
This document provides a self-audit tool to help title-holders facility operators' and service providers align their operational management systems and plan, prepare and execute well activities.
APPEA Safety Performance Data
Every year APPEA collects and collates safety performance data from the Australian oil and gas industry. Members contributing to the data represent the vast majority of exploration, development and production activities in Australia, both onshore and offshore and including all of the contractors working for these members.
Since 2010, APPEA has presented the summary safety performance data in the Year in Review publication released annually in October.
Prior to 2010, the safety performance data was presented in the biannual Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainability report.
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