Marubeni Offshore Wind Development Corporation HSE Newsletter

HSE Newsletter
The創刊号
first issue
2024年4月23日発行
15th May. 2024
Marubeni Offshore Wind Development Corporation is responsible for the operation and management ofoffshore wind farms at the ports of Akita and Noshiro. Various HSE(Health, Safety and Environment)
activities are being carried out at these sites, and from this year we have decided to publish and introduce
these activities in the HSE Newsletter. The first issue introduces the HSE activities for the year 2023.

Activities in 2023
Joint rescue drills with the Japan Coast Guard and Fire Departmentthe operator and manager of the Akita and Noshiro offshore wind farms, we regard the establishment of aeAs
safety system as one of our most important tasks for the safe operation of the project. In addition to efforts toprevent accidents through in-house voluntary training and other measures, we also expect to seek the cooperationof the Akita Coast Guard and local fire-fighting authorities in the event of an accident. In FY2023, a joint rescue
drill was conducted in Akita Port with the Japan Coast Guard and Akita City Fire Department. In Noshiro Port, ajoint offshore rescue drill was conducted with the Noshiro-Yamamoto Wide-area Municipalities Association FireDepartment.

Akita Port: joint rescue drill with Akita Japan Coast Guard and Akita City Fire Department.
The rescue operation was conducted on theassumption that one of the two workers in
the offshore wind farm collapsed in the TP.
Mobile rescue technicians from the Japan
Coast Guard and a rescue team from theAkita Fire Department were transferred tothe offshore wind farm by a CTV (personnelcarrier: Red Star 2), carried out rescue
operations and brought the person requiring
rescue down to the CTV. Meanwhile, ahelicopter from the Sendai Air Base, District
2, was dispatched to the scene andsuccessfully lifted the rescuers off the CTV
and transported them directly to the site.

Noshiro Port: joint offshore rescue drill with the Noshiro-Yamamoto Wide-area
Municipalities Association Fire and Rescue Headquarters.
The training was conducted on theassumption that worker B had fallen from aheight while two workers A and B wereinspecting the TP of an offshore wind farm at
the Port of Noshiro. Worker A spinal injury
was suspected, and it was difficult to rescue
worker A alone, so a rescue call was made.
The fire department organised a rescue
platoon and an emergency platoon andboarded a CTV to the offshore wind farm tocarry out rescue operations.
The training was published in J Rescue (Nov 2023), a magazine specializing in firefighting, disaster prevention and rescue.

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Safety convention

Tsunami evacuation drills

Akita Offshore Wind Corporation(AOW),
the operator of the offshore wind farms at
Akita and Noshiro ports, Vestas Japan,
which is responsible for the operation andmaintenance of the wind turbines, and theCompany, held the first safety conference
organised by the Company. The aim of theconference was to deepen mutual
understanding between the companies andmembers working at the power station andto create a safer and better site. After
presentations from each company on thetheme, a session was held on examples ofnear misses that have occurred in the past,leading to a lively exchange of views.
Our operations are always exposed to therisk of tsunamis, as our operations areoffshore, and our operations management
office is located along the quay. For thisreason, we prepared a tsunami evacuation
manualandconductedatsunami
evacuation drill based on the assumptionthat a tsunami warning had been issued.
First, the Disaster Prevention and Crisis
Management Office of Noshiro City Hall
visited the training center to learn about
the characteristics of disasters in Noshiro
City. Following the earthquake, the Marine
Control Room (Central Control Room) in
the office contacted the maintenancecrews
andaccessvessels(CTVs)
performing maintenance work on theoffshore wind turbines. After a tsunami
warning was issued, the crews headed forthe pavilion in Noshiro Park, which serves
as an evacuation site. The drill was also
attended by local Shimohama residents topromote cooperation.

Fire drills, evacuation drills, first aid training
The company's Noshiro Operations andManagement Office conducts various typesof training in preparation for emergencies.
Regular training is conducted for workers
who go out to offshore through GWOs andother training programmes, but we also
provide as many training opportunities as
possible for office staff to maintain theirskills.

Cleanup work
The company participates in activities such as
the Akita Port Simultaneous Clean-Up and leafclean-ups organized by the city of Noshiro tohelp clean up and preserve the local area.

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