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Britain’s Health & Safety Executive, HSE, has warned the offshore oil and gas industry about its safety record as new statistics show increases in major injuries and unplanned hydrocarbon releases.
Figures released by the HSE show that there were 50 major injuries reported in 2009/10 − up 20 on 2008/09 and higher than the average of 42 over the previous five years. No workers were killed during activities regulated by HSE for the third year running.
The combined fatal and major injury rate almost doubled to 192 per 100,000 workers in 2009/10 compared with 106 in 2008/09 and 156 in 2007/08.
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Surveys of a 55 year-old dumb barge did not identify the lack of stability data and bending moment information, nor required an inspection in drydock says an MAIB preliminary report on the sinking of the Henty Supplier follwoing catastrophic hull failure at 1313 BST on 19 July 2010.
Says the MAIB: “Buckling of the hull leading to a transverse split along a cross-deck weld adjacent to hatch coamings in way of number 4 cargo tank.
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