A Simple Data Base For Identification of Risk Profiles
Authors: Munganahalli Deepak 
Published: December 2007

Sedco Forex is a drilling contractor that operates approximately 80 rigs on land and offshore worldwide. The HSE management system developed by Sedco Forex is an effort to prevent accidents and minimize losses. An integral part of the HSE management system is establishing risk profiles and thereby minimizing risk and reducing loss exposures.

Risk profiles are established based on accident reports, potential accident reports and other risk identification reports (RIR) like the Du Pont STOP system. A rig could fill in as many as 30 accident reports, 30 potential accident reports and 500 STOP cards each year. Statistics are important for an HSE management system, since they are indicators of success or failure of HSE systems. It is however difficult to establish risk profiles based on statistical information, unless tools are available at the rig site to aid with the analysis.

Risk profiles are then used to identify important areas in the operation that may require specific attention to minimise the loss exposure. Programs to address the loss exposure can then be identified and implemented with either a local or corporate approach.

In January 1995, Sedco Forex implemented a uniform HSE Database on all the rigs worldwide. In one year companywide, the HSE database would contain information on approximately 500 accident and potential accident reports, and 10,000 STOP cards.

This paper demonstrates the salient features of the database and describes how it has helped in establishing key risk profiles. It also shows a recent example of how risk profiles have been established at the corporate level and used to identify the key contributing factors to hands and finger injuries. Based on this information, a campaign was launched to minimise the frequency of occurrence and associated loss attributed to hands and fingers accidents.

Introduction

In Sedco Forex, HSE is considered an integral part of our business, and is of equal importance to service quality, motivation and profitability. It has been well understood that there is a permanent interaction between HSE performance, operation efficiency, personnel motivation, morale and financial success. With this as the HSE management philosophy, significant improvements have been made in the HSE management system which have been instrumental in reducing HSE losses.

Several systems have been introduced over the years with the aim of continually improving HSE results and one area where significant improvements have been made is with HSE reporting and follow up. The different HSE reports that are filled out at the rig site are as follows:Accident ReportsPotential Accident ReportsSTOP CardsRemedial Actions from HSE audits and MeetingsRemedial Actions from HSE suggestions

The objectives of reporting are:–Communicate the information through line management, for analysis and action–Circulate the information of general interest and nature within the company–Monitor the implementation of plans–Develop Risk profiles and implement programs to address the risks and reduce associated losses, thereby effectively closing the feedback loop between the field and corporate management.

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