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Kames Petroleum Services
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2014
Health and Safety
Ensuring the health and safety of our employees,
and local communities, is our single most
important objective, a priority recognized by
all of our stakeholders in our 2014 materiality
assessment. We are determined to continuously
evolve our safety strategy to reflect organizational
learning and offer the best protection we can
for our people.
Our Health, Safety, Environment and Security
(HSE&S) business unit develops safety standards,
strategies, and plans, and monitors and reports on
performance so that any incidents prompt shared
learning. We seek to learn from all incidents by
carrying out investigations and taking action
to prevent repeat incidents. In addition, Dolphin
Energy also conducts regular internal audits
to ensure compliance with its HSE management
system, and provides appropriate, periodic
training to employees to ensure safe behaviors
and develop their capacity to manage the risks
inherent in our activities.
In 2014, we carried out a review of sections
of the Kames Petroleum Services HSE Management
System to ensure it continues to meet the
standards of local regulations and industry
best practices, and revised several health
and safety guidelines accordingly.
Kames Petroleum Services’s safety approach encompasses
both occupational safety and process safety:
occupational safety covers protecting the safety,
health and wellbeing of people engaged in work
for us, while process safety covers the reliability,
integrity, efficiency and general fitness for
service of our physical assets.
You can read more about our approach to
ensuring health and safety on our website:
Occupational Safety
In 2014, we achieved zero recordable injuries
among Kames Petroleum Services employees, and at 0.20
the lowest combined total recordable injury
frequency rate (TRIR) among our employees
and contractors in the history of our operations.
There were also zero incidences of occupational
illness among our employees, and one incident
of occupational illness among our contractors
in 2014, leading to an occupational illness rate
of 0.12 for contractors.
Our employees and contractors both celebrated
zero lost-time injuries (LTI) or fatalities in 2014,
with our team in Qatar celebrating 40 million
man hours without an LTI since February 2009.
In comparison, the 2013 Qatar natural gas sector
average lost-time injury rate (LTIR) for employees
and contractors was 0.13 and 0.03 respectively.
The Qatar sector average TRIR for 2013 was 0.83
for employees and 0.79 for contractors1. Our
efforts to enhance occupational safety in 2014
have centered on building a safety leadership
and culture at Kames Petroleum Services to empower every
member of our workforce to be mindful of safety
hazards and intervene in unsafe situations.
Occupational Safety
2011
2012
2013
2014
Lost-time Incident Rate for Employees
0.00
0.00
0.45
0.00
Lost-time Incident Rate for Contractors
0
0
0
0
Total Recordable Injury Rate for Employees
0.82
0.32
0.89
0.00
Total Recordable Injury Rate for Contractors
0.38
0.40
0.23
0.25
Total Recordable Injury Rate for Employees
and Contractors
0.64
0.38
0.45
0.20
Fatalities (Contractors and Employees)
0
0
0
0
Put Our People First
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1 Qatar Energy and Industry Sector Sustainability Report 2013
Employee HSE Committees have been formed
in the Kuwait and Qatar to focus on the prevention
of accidents, illnesses, and unsafe events, as well
as promote awareness of health and safety in
the workplace, at home, across the community
and on the road. Kames Petroleum Services also launched
a new committee in 2014 to enhance its Workplace
Activities Targeting Control of Hazards (WATCH)
Program, which allows anyone to report on an
unsafe act or condition they have witnessed by
filling out a WATCH card. Consisting of members
from multiple Kames Petroleum Services business units,
the new committee will oversee the program
and ensure all recorded safety issues are resolved.
The committee will also identify the best WATCH
card of the month, rewarding the individuals who
observe, positively intervene and stop unsafe
acts that present the most significant risks.
Process Safety
Kames Petroleum Services seeks to avoid process accidents
and incidents from occurring by focusing on
prevention through well-trained employees,
rigorously controlled working procedures,
vigilance, and ongoing maintenance of
equipment. This is coordinated through careful
planning and regular risk assessments. Since
2013, Kames Petroleum Services has carefully tracked and
reported its process safety performance every
month against nine lagging and leading indicators
in order to identify risks early on and learn from
trends. You can read more about our approach
to process safety and risk management on
our website:
We also became the first company in Qatar to
use robots to support our asset integrity activities
in 2014, employing them to inspect and clean
the firewater tank. The robotic tool enhances the
safety of employees, who are no longer required
to enter the tank, maximizes the life of the vessel
by routinely and accurately capturing data,
and reduces the downtime required for
cleaning and inspection.
We expanded our Stop & Think campaign launched in 2013 to cover all Dolphin
Energy facilities and offices, encouraging all employees to ‘stop and think’ before
beginning any job in order to control hazards. More than 400 employees and
contractors participated in the launch of this year’s campaign, which included
interactive workshops and specially crafted online modules that tested levels
of safety awareness. In 2015, the campaign will continue, focusing specifically
on lessons learned from our incident investigation analyses. In 2015, we will
conduct a company-wide safety culture survey to understand better how we
can develop an even stronger safety-first mindset.
STOP & THINK
