Offshore accident rates

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Dear Health and Safety Executive,

1) Please could I have information on the legal upper threshold for the amount of time allowed to be spent on off-shore rigs for rig workers.

2) Please could I have the total number of accident and injuries on all off-shore platforms each year for the last 20 years.

Yours faithfully,

Edward Stanley

Health and Safety Executive

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Dear Mr Stanley

 

Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2015040176

 

Thank you for your request for information about:

 

1)    Information on the legal upper threshold for the amount of time
allowed to be spent on offshore rigs for rig workers; and

2)    Total number of accident and injuries on all offshore platforms each
year for the last 20 years

 

Your request was received on15 April 2015 and I am dealing with it in
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Under the terms of
the Act you are entitled to a response within20 working days of receipt.

 

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Yours sincerely

 

David Salmon

 

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Health and Safety Executive

Dear Mr Stanley

 

Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2015040176

 

Thank you for your request for information about:

 

1)     The legal upper threshold for the amount of time allowed to be
spent on offshore rigs for rig workers; and

2)     The total number of accident and injuries on all offshore platforms
for each year for the last 20 years]

 

Your request was received on 15 April 2015 and I am dealing with it under
the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Under section 21 of the
Act we are not required to provide information in response to a request if
it is already reasonably accessible to you.

 

Information on working time offshore is available from our website at
[1]http://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/workingti...

 

HSE publishes annual reports for offshore injuries, ill health and
incident statistics. Reports from 2004/05 are available from our website
at [2]www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/statistics.htm. Statistics from 1995/96 can
be obtained from the earliest reports as they were included for comparison
purposes.

 

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Yours sincerely

 

David Salmon

 

 

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