Commemorating Piper Alpha: 36 years of learning and progress in offshore safety
June 27, 2024
Fieldfisher’s Health & Safety team revisit the context and key learnings from the Piper Alpha disaster, underscoring the ongoing importance of ensuring the safety and wellbeing of workers across all industries. Read More
Offshore drilling company fined after crane boom collapse
January 5, 2024
An offshore drilling company has been fined after a crane boom collapsed catastrophically. Read More
Offshore oil company fined for hydrocarbon release
June 29, 2021
Offshore oil company Apache has been sentenced after they failed to provide written safety procedures for the depressurisation of an oil well, which led to the release of more than 1000kg of hydrocarbon gas at their Beryl Alpha production installation in the North Sea. Read More
‘40% of remote rotational workers experience suicidal thoughts some or all of the time’
April 13, 2021
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on remote rotational workers has been revealed in a new global study by the International SOS Foundation and Affinity Health at Work. Read More
Implementing successful health and safety initiatives in the manufacturing sector
April 18, 2019
Advanced Insulation won the Health and Safety Award at the recent Make UK (formally EEF) Future Manufacturing Awards. SHP caught up with Dan Howell, Group QHSE Manager to find out what helped the company stand out for the judges. Read More
Drill rig induction scheme introduced to improve safety
December 4, 2018
The scheme has been introduced across all of SOCOTEC’s ground investigation projects to ensure everyone working within the vicinity of a drill rig is given a rig induction. Read More
Medical treatment injuries soar in offshore wind sector
September 27, 2018
The number of medical treatment injuries in the offshore wind industry has risen by 86%, according to a new report. Read More
Shell fined after worker severely injured when hit by cylinder
August 6, 2018
Shell UK Limited has been fined 60k for health and safety breaches on the Brent Delta offshore installation. Read More
How did I get here?
March 3, 2016
Gordon Foot, Client Representative for Total Nigeria Ltd, talks about his experience as a health and safety professional and offers Read More
£3m fine for fuel giant following gas releases
February 9, 2016
One of the world’s largest oil and gas exploration and production companies has been fined after gas leaks on an Read More