2.1.2Employee Health, Safety and Security
Management ApproacH
Due to the nature of its business, SBM Offshore is committed to safeguarding the health, safety and security of its employees, contractors, subcontractors and assets, as well as minimizing the impact of SBM Offshore’s activities on local ecosystems and proactively protecting the environment.
In line with SBM Offshore’s HSSE Human Rights and Process Safety Policy statement endorsed by the Management Board, SBM Offshore defines its HSSE requirements related to its hazard exposure in compliance with applicable legal requirements and ISO standards, as well as international oil and gas practices.
SBM Offshore is continuing the journey towards ’Target Excellence’, with the objectives of No Harm, No Defects, No Leaks. For the No Harm goal, SBM Offshore expects employees and contractors to intervene in unsafe acts, unsafe conditions and non-compliance with the Life Saving Rules, to stop work if they feel anything is unsafe and report any interventions and incidents.
To manage, prevent and mitigate potential negative health and safety impacts, SBM Offshore applies controls and safeguards based on a lifecycle hazard management process and an integrated management system, the Global Enterprise Management System (GEMS). The hazard management process applicable to all SBM Offshore projects consists in, first, working in the hazard identification, then selecting and conducting actions to eliminate the hazard or, if elimination is not reasonably practicable, reducing risks to acceptable levels following the hierarchy of controls approach and, later, monitoring, reviewing and recording the lessons learned. SBM Offshore delivers specialized training to ensure process effectiveness.
Promoting and supporting employee health and wellbeing is at the heart of SBM Offshore, being part of one of SBM Offshore’s core values, ’Care’. At SBM Offshore, Health and Wellbeing is managed as a Group function, reporting directly to the Group HSSEQ & Sustainability Director. This ensures the embedding of the topic in day-to-day operations and culture. More on employee wellbeing is explained in section 2.1.5.
2023 Performance
SBM Offshore assesses company HSSE performance through a set of indicators. The following table provides the targets set for 2023 and the performance achieved:
| 2023 Target | 2023 Performance | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate (TRIFR) | <0.14 | 0.081 | section 5.3 |
Significant Injuries and Fatalities (SIF) | na | 01 | section 5.3 |
Tier 1 PSE with more than 3 severity weight points as per API 754 | < or equal to 3 | 1 | section 5.3 |
Occupational Illness Frequency Rate (OIFR)2 | na | 0.01 | section 5.3 |
Security incidents | na | 9 | na |
- 1 In November 2023 a fatality happened on FPSO KIKEH. Until the disclosure of this annual report, the incident was still under investigation to define the work or non-work relatedness. As such, the TRIFR results presented in this report do not include this event. Regardless of the outcome of the investigation, interim actions and recommendations were defined and implemented.
- 2 For employees.
SBM Offshore continued to expand HSSE initiatives in 2023, including:
- Implemented the Serious Injuries and Fatalities (SIF) Prevention program and its related initiatives.
- Continued rolling out the Hazards and Effects Management Process (HEMP) in operation and execution scopes. The HEMP is the name of SBM Offshore’s approach to managing the risk of Major Accident Hazards (MAHs) and their associated potential Major Accident Events (MAEs) associated with the operations of the fleet. The HEMP runs throughout the lifecycle of an asset.
- Completed the roll-out of the Incident Management/Corrective Action Preventive Action (IM/CAPA) module in the new Company ERP system, to upgrade the existing system.
- Maintained security controls on SBM Offshore’s activities.
- Maintained compliance with certification requirements on shore bases and offshore units.Organized the company-wide Life Day.
- Continued the implementation of the MedFit Program, a medical examination program administered by SBM Offshore in partnership with International SOS.
- Increased health and wellbeing awareness, training and health programs, including on preventable diseases.
Following the 2022 Health and Wellbeing Survey that served to understand baseline wellbeing levels and risks, SBM Offshore kicked off the Wellbeing Matters Program. The program addresses feedback from the survey and is focused around mental health, presentism, work-life balance, job stress and workplace injury/illness. The Wellbeing Matters Program offers various sources of support for employees’ physical and mental health and wellbeing, such as Employee Assistance Program (EAP), occupational health services and company instructions and training in fatigue management and mental health.
In the journey to Target Excellence, SBM Offshore has engaged with workers and representatives to improve HSSE standards and ways of working – through Inherent Safety Design, a solid Permit to Work system and the Safety Leadership program across SBM Offshore.
The following graph shows that SBM Offshore’s Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate has remained below the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers’ (IOGP) average since 20181. This is part of SBM Offshore’s journey towards its aim to be top 10% in the IOGP benchmark by 2030.
future
SBM Offshore has defined the following 2024 targets:
- Zero serious injuries or fatalities.
- TRIFR < 0.12.
- Number of PSE Tier 1 with more then 3 severity points equal or below 2.
SBM Offshore has planned the following key initiatives for 2024:
- Progress in Occupational Safety with the SIF prevention program and its related initiatives.
- Drive improvements on Process Safety tools, procedures and practices.
- Maintain security controls on SBM Offshore’s activities.
- Maintain compliance with certification requirements on shore bases and offshore units.
- Organize the company-wide Life Day.
- Continue increasing health and wellbeing awareness, training and related programs, with a special focus on supporting employee mental health and addressing workplace stress.
As part of the Wellbeing Matters Program, SBM Offshore will focus in 2024 on:
- Establishing wellbeing champions in each company location, and train and communicate to support employees and the wellbeing agenda.
- Developing training material (e-Learning) on fatigue management and mental health.
- Roll out the Wellbeing Survey to continuously improve in supporting employees’ health and wellbeing.