AUSTRALIA’S SURVEY INDUSTRY HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT FORUM

SurveySAFE Land Forum Feedback

Mike Bowler

20th June 2013

Structure / Relationship

SurveySAFEOverall “Secretariat” and

coordinating group

SurveySAFE - Marine Surveys

Steering Group

SurveySAFE - Land Surveys

Steering Group

Largely WA based Largely Eastern States based

Focus GroupsMarine focus Forums

Focus GroupsOnshore focus Forums

Held at South Bank, Brisbane – 19th March 2013

Chair – Neil Millar, Origin Energy (now Doug Roberts, Beach Energy)

~40 attendees with good mix of contractors and operators

Primary focus on land seismic but many common themes

1st SurveySAFE Land Forum

Agenda

• Welcome – Origin• SurveySAFE - Woodside • Onshore Seismic HSE Review – Santos• Vehicle Safety – Drillsearch• Bushfires – WesternGeco• Paramedic Competency – Geokinetics• Case Study, Heat Stress – WesternGeco• Case Study – Geokinetics• Hot Topic identification

4 active onshore seismic acquisition companies 1.5 million man-hours in 2012 7 LTI’s 25 recordable incidents 92 reportable incidents TRCF = 15.9 LTI’s: 3 x falls/trips, 2 x manual handling, 2 x low speed

impact MTC’s: 6 x manual handling, 6 x falls/trips, 4 x heat

stress, 4 x cuts

HSE Review

Trend going wrong way Cooper Basin has been a poor performing area Number of FAC’s increased Aug 12 through to Feb 13 Most incidents are direct contractors (not sub-contractors) Most incidents in crew < 2yrs experience – lot of new hires

due to activity increase Line crew / drivers have most incidents Good focus on driving reducing incidents in this area More people hurt in camp than in workshop or in transit Environmental - minor oil spills, fire (started by machinery),

Non-authorised clearing, earth disturbance

Key Points

Vehicle Safety Driver training Contractor management Young driver behaviour Fatigue management Equipment requirements for Remote Areas

(guidelines?) Recovery equipment and training (e.g. snatch straps) Travelling alone Vehicle specs (5* rating) Protection of other road users

Different environment Different contractors Different operators

But

The same issues

Downloads of all SurveySAFE Land Forum presentations are available on the SurveySAFE website: www.surveysafe.org.au

In Summary