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Helicopter Escape Systems

Trish Sentance,

Oil & Gas UK

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Helicopter Activity 2015

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115,500 sectors flown

69,000 hours

825,200 passengers flown

Helicopter Accidents UK North Sea

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Accident Rate per 100,000 Hours

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Five-Year Average All Accidents

Five-Year Average Fatal Accidents

Source: Oil & Gas UK

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August 2013

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G-WNSB 23 August 2013, 17:17, 1.7 nm West of Sumburgh – 18 SOB

CAA Response

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CAP 1145 20 Feb 2014:

With effect from 1 April 2015, helicopter operators are to ensure that only passengers with a body size (including all required safety and survival equipment) commensurate with push-out window exit size are carried on offshore helicopter flights.

With effect from 1 April 2016, helicopter operators are to ensure that for all offshore helicopter operations all occupants (passengers and crew) wear EBS that meets the CAP 1034 Category ‘A’ performance specification.

Emergency Breathing Systems

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‘Airpocket’ – re-breathing of expired air. Deploy at ditching before inversion.

HUET Video

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Emergency Breathing Systems

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‘EBS’ – compressed air and demand valve. Deploy immediately at/during impact/submersion.

HSE determined that use of EBS during training was diving therefore the Diving at Work Regs applied

Shallow Water CA-EBS Trials – Nov 2015

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Current Situation

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January 2017 after the trials HSE had a further meeting with training providers and Oil & Gas UK in

5th April 2017 HSE signed an exemption to the Diving at Work Regulations allowing shallow water training if the trainee has:

– A current, unrestricted, OGUK medical certificate of fitness for offshore work

– Self declaration at time of training no medical condition making them unfit to participate

Industry training standard being revised to account for exemption requirements

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