STEP CHANGE IN SAFETY
Major Accident Hazards (MAH)
A Major Accident Hazard is a source of danger that has the potential to cause a major incident, whether that involves multiple fatalities and/or significant damage to plant, equipment or the environment. Managing Major Accident Hazards is vital to safe operations. Everybody working in the oil and gas industry, both onshore and offshore, has a part to play in managing these hazards.
This animation provides an excellent overview of Major Accident Hazards, how they are identified and what control measures are in place to prevent these low frequency, high severity incidents…
2024's Quarterly Safety Themes:
Preventing incident & injury in the energy industry
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A good understanding of Major Accident Hazards is key to maintaining safe operations. How these hazards are managed can help prevent major incidents and ultimately save lives.
Resources included in this section will help you:
Appreciate how your routine activities interact with barriers which keep us safe
Be better equipped to recognise when a barrier has been impaired and know what action to take to report it
Understand how your decisions affect the risk of major accidents
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By understanding hazards at site, the harm they cause can cause us, and how we can control them can prevent injuries to ourselves and colleagues.
Resources included in this section will help you:
Enhance awareness of personal hazards and the potential for personal injuries
Reinforce the hierarchy of control in reducing personal risk
Understand how your decisions affect the risk of personal injuries
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Thorough planning and specific hazard identification for lifting operations, working at height, and preventing potential dropped objects will allow hazards to be safely managed.
Resources included in this section will help you to:
Improve hazard awareness of routine lifting tasks and their potential to cause a major accident
Identify and manage hazards related to working at height
Increase awareness of potential dropped objects and their effects
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Managing our ever-changing physical and mental wellbeing, and the hazards associated with our work environment, is essential to keeping us safe in the short and longer terms.
Resources included in this section will help you:
Improve understanding of physical and mental wellbeing
Increase awareness of occupational health impacts
Improve communication and better understand your colleagues
