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Equinor’s overall long-term safety trend continues to move in a positive direction, but the total number of injuries has increased somewhat by the end of the third quarter, measured over the previous twelve months.
At the end of the third quarter of 2024 the serious incident frequency per million hours worked (SIF) was 0.3, on par with the level in the second quarter. Serious injuries are also included in the serious incident statistics.
Seven oil and gas leaks have been registered over the last 12 months. These leaks are classified according to the degree of severity in relation to the discharge rate.
“We’re still headed in the right direction as regards major accident potential, hydrocarbon leaks and serious incidents. We’re seeing a low incident frequency and it’s important to ensure that we’re also learning from what’s going well,” says Jannicke Nilsson, Equinor’s executive vice president for safety, security and sustainability.
The total recordable injury frequency per million hours worked (TRIF) as of the third quarter is 2.4 for the last 12 months, up from 2.2 at the end of the second quarter.
“Our employees and suppliers are working well together to bolster safety, but we have not achieved the desired improvement for the injury trend. This is a challenge that we must solve together,” says Nilsson.
Through the “Always Safe” annual wheel, Equinor is working with other operating companies and suppliers to enhance the understanding of which factors can get in the way of safe work performance. The focus in the “Always Safe” learning package for the fourth quarter is on health and working environment.
“The trend shows that an increasing number of users are accessing the “Always Safe” packages. This is positive and shows an interest in sharing lessons learned and focusing on shared safety topics across our industry,” Nilsson says.
Equinor is continuing its work to prevent major accidents through extra efforts within management training and e-learning courses that are also available to the company’s suppliers.
There have been no incidents with major accident potential or serious well control incidents in the third quarter.