Safety

SAFETY
Safety is arguably 80 percent science and 20 percent attitude.  It’s the latter that causes safety records to fluctuate and safety training results inconsistent.  Since mid-Q4 2006, SeaBird HSSEQ has endeavored to instill a safety culture among its employees via the following steps:
 
1. The first step is to cultivate strong leadership; and define appropriate responsibility among the Line Managers, who oversee the implementation of HSSEQ Policies and Systems; and monitor HSSEQ performance.
 
2. The second step is to improve the hazard recognition skills, which have been carried out by training and follow-up coaching.
 
3. The third step is to focus on procedures, rules, regulations and best practices.  We aim at improving the contents of our safety-critical procedures; and to verifying our
employees’ knowledge of those procedures.  This process has started since the end of Q4 2006.  99 incidents were reported by our operational vessels and conversion projects in 2006. Most were minor or near misses.

4. The fourth step is to audit results of the safety activities, which was led and followed up by Line Management, in order to assess the efficiency of SeaBird safety culture.  A comprehensive management audit schedule has been established and is being implemented.
 
The following results of SeaBird 2006 HSSEQ performance demonstrate that the Group has kept good progress on several HSE fronts, considering the rapid expansion of our fleet (>100%):

• 9 HIPO (High Potential) incidents were reported.  The incidents have been investigated; planned corrective actions have been implemented (some CAPs are still open).
• 99 incidents were reported by our operational vessels and
• conversion projects in 2006. Most were minor or near
• misses.
• The below graph profiles Year 2006 recordable incident
• cases: