2023 HSE Statistics Report

IPLOCA is committed to the promotion of health and safety in all areas of its influence and subscribes to the philosophy that all accidents are preventable.

This HSE Statistics Report combines IPLOCA members’ health, safety and environmental statistics received for 2023. For the first time HSE Statistics Forms had been received from 100% of Regular Members. We encourage you to read it in detail and take appropriate and purposeful action for the future.

Fatalities

The number of fatalities has remained at a low level. However, the 2025 target of zero fatalities has not yet been reached, given the fact that two fatal incidents on worksites have been reported by our members. The good news is that the total recordable incident rate continued to decrease to below two, which is one of the lowest rates since 2003. Continuous efforts still need to be maintained to eliminate fatalities in the pipeline industry.

HSE Shared Experiences Platform

We all need to promote near-miss reporting and health & safety training, which have been below the target set in the past last three years. The HSE & CSR Committee strongly encourages IPLOCA members to focus on these matters while adopting behavioural safety programmes which are considered best practice. It also highly recommends all members to focus on training and share industry best practices and case studies using the IPLOCA Shared Experiences Platform:
www.iploca.com/hseplatform.

Environmental Incidents

On the environmental incidents reported, the environmental incidents frequency rate has increased this year compared to the two previous years, but its level remains within the average of the past ten years. Fortunately, most environmental incidents were minor. With regards to the training hours, graphics show that the health & safety training frequency rate reached its lowest level in the last six years, moving further away from the target, whereas the environmental training frequency rate shows a rebound compared to last year. The rate is, however, also below the target. Management commitment needs to be reinforced.

Minimise Risks

The Committee is seeking to assist companies to adopt best practices by working together while providing training and networking within the industry so as to minimise the risks associated with the design, construction, operation and decommissioning of pipeline projects.