Gassco – Draupner S and E – emergency preparedness and working environment

Objective

The objective of the audit was to verify the operator’s and the TSP’s practices for managing emergency preparedness and the working environment at Draupner.

Result

Two non-conformities were identified relating to:

• Chemicals-related health risk
• Risk of noise exposure harmful to hearing

In addition, eight improvement points were identified concerning:

• Inadequate training and practice in the deputy role
• Inadequate co-training of personnel in the emergency preparedness organisation
• SAR training and drills
• Capacity in Equinor’s organisation
• Insufficient exercise of the operator’s supervisory responsibility within management of the working environment
• Knowledge of management tools for OHAS risk
• Working environment requirements in procurements
• Risk of musculoskeletal disorders

Gassco has been given a deadline of 30 August 2019 to report on how the non-conformities and improvement points will be addressed.