AUSTRALIA’S SURVEY INDUSTRY HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT FORUM Mike Bowler 20 th June 2013

SurveySAFE Overall “Secretariat” and coordinating group SurveySAFE - Marine Surveys Steering Group SurveySAFE - Land Surveys Steering Group Largely WA basedLargely Eastern States based Focus Groups Marine focus Forums Focus Groups Onshore focus Forums

 Held at South Bank, Brisbane – 19 th March 2013  Chair – Neil Millar, Origin Energy (now Doug Roberts, Beach Energy)  ~40 attendees with good mix of contractors and operators  Primary focus on land seismic but many common themes

Welcome – Origin SurveySAFE - Woodside Onshore Seismic HSE Review – Santos Vehicle Safety – Drillsearch Bushfires – WesternGeco Paramedic Competency – Geokinetics Case Study, Heat Stress – WesternGeco Case Study – Geokinetics Hot Topic identification

 4 active onshore seismic acquisition companies  1.5 million man-hours in 2012  7 LTI’s  25 recordable incidents  92 reportable incidents  TRCF = 15.9  LTI’s: 3 x falls/trips, 2 x manual handling, 2 x low speed impact  MTC’s: 6 x manual handling, 6 x falls/trips, 4 x heat stress, 4 x cuts

 Trend going wrong way  Cooper Basin has been a poor performing area  Number of FAC’s increased Aug 12 through to Feb 13  Most incidents are direct contractors (not sub-contractors)  Most incidents in crew < 2yrs experience – lot of new hires due to activity increase  Line crew / drivers have most incidents  Good focus on driving reducing incidents in this area  More people hurt in camp than in workshop or in transit  Environmental - minor oil spills, fire (started by machinery), Non-authorised clearing, earth disturbance

 Driver training  Contractor management  Young driver behaviour  Fatigue management  Equipment requirements for Remote Areas (guidelines?)  Recovery equipment and training (e.g. snatch straps)  Travelling alone  Vehicle specs (5* rating)  Protection of other road users

 Different environment  Different contractors  Different operators But  The same issues  Downloads of all SurveySAFE Land Forum presentations are available on the SurveySAFE website: