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Event Report
Safety Where it Counts: At the Sharp End
9-10 February 2005, Murrayfield stadium, Edinburgh, UK
IMCA's fourth major seminar dedicated to onshore and offshore personnel responsible for safety took place on 9-10 February 2006 at Murrayfield international rugby stadium in Edinburgh, UK, with over 120 delegates in attendance.
Building on the success of previous events Elements for Safety (Ajax Amsterdam, 2005), No Harm: What's the Problem (St James' Park, Newcastle, 2003) and Working Safer Offshore (Old Trafford, Manchester, 2002), this event was very well attended by a wide range of industry professionals from both offshore and onshore. The programme included presentations on many safety-related subjects, including a very topical update on security issues. The highlight of the first day was a moving and very personal presentation on the effects of a serious industrial accident and, on the second day, a thought-provoking presentation was given on cultural differences in business life. Productive discussion followed each item with many ideas and experiences shared, generating actions for future work by IMCA.
A good deal of positive and constructive feedback was received from delegates across the two days, who judged the seminar to be a resounding success.
Presentations
- Introduction and welcome: Aims of workshop
Wallace Roberts, Cal Dive International - Vice-Chairman, IMCA SEL Core Committee
- The work of IMCA's SEL Core Committee: Update on current issues
Jane Bugler, IMCA Technical Director
- Risk assessment
Fred Vergier, Acergy
- Hot work in a hazardous environment
Stuart Holtby, SBM Production Contractors
- Working at heights: It's a tall order
Keith Jones, Heightec Group
- Dropped object prevention
Robert Eaton, Technip
- Current IMCA guidance and safety promotion materials (discussion session)
- Security: IMCA task force update
Wallace Robertson, Cal Dive International
- Safety and security: Conflicting or complementary goals?
Donald Struthers, PML
- Rigging incident
Robin Beckett, Subsea 7
- Welcome and introduction to day two
Mat Schreurs, Heerema Marine Contractors - Member, IMCA SEL Core Committee
- Marine operations: A high risk area for the upstream industry
Don Smith, OGP
- Control of sub-contractors
Herman Rijnders, Heerema Marine Contractors
- Safe use of cranes and lifting operations: Competence of personnel and scheme examination
Sandy Gowing, Grampian Test and Certification
- Working effectively across cultures
Anders Hovemyr, International Management Consulting
- Competence: Its impact on safety
John Greensmyth, Technip
- Incident management and investigatino
Allan Hannah, Technip
- Learning from incidents (presentations and discussion)
- Summary and future actions for IMCA
A CD has been produced for delegates and other members, bringing together the full set of presentations and reports on the discussions. Additional copies are available to members on request.
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