Substance Hazard Index

Substance Hazard Index

Definition(s)

Substance hazard index (SHI)

The substance hazard index (SHI) is an index developed to identify objectively the toxic chemicals or substances that could be involved in a catastrophic release. The index is a simple function of vapor pressure and toxicity: the higher a substance’s vapor pressure, the more readily it will enter the atmosphere in the event of a release. The greater a substance’s toxicity, the lower the concentration required to present a hazard, and the higher its SHI. A more detailed definition, along with an illustrative list of substances and their SHIs, is presented in Appendix C. Source: API RP 750, Management of Process Hazards, First Edition, January 1990. Global Standards  
Uncontrolled Developments

Uncontrolled Developments

Definition(s)

Uncontrolled developments

Uncontrolled developments are occurrences that are likely to develop quickly, to be outside the normally expected range of operating problems, to present only limited opportunity for preventive action, and to require any such action to be in the nature of an emergency response. Source: API RP 750, Management of Process Hazards, First Edition, January 1990. Global Standards  
Threshold Quantity

Threshold Quantity

Definition(s)

Threshold quantity

Threshold quantity refers to the amount of a toxic substance that, if released, could cause serious danger as a result of exposures of 1 hour or less. Threshold quantities should be estimated for the facility using engineering judgment and available dispersion modeling techniques. Source: API RP 750, Management of Process Hazards, First Edition, January 1990. Global Standards  
Serious Danger

Serious Danger

Definition(s)

Serious danger

Serious danger refers to the potential for serious injury to persons within and outside the workplace, including permanent injury to health, whether resulting immediately from the catastrophic release or as a delayed effect. Source: API RP 750, Management of Process Hazards, First Edition, January 1990. Global Standards  
Catastrophic Release

Catastrophic Release

Definition(s)

Catastrophic release

A catastrophic release is a major release involving one or more dangerous substances that leads to serious danger to persons both within and outside the workplace and results from uncontrolled developments. Source: API RP 750, Management of Process Hazards, First Edition, January 1990. Global Standards
MMS Incidents of Non-compliance (INCs) Rate

MMS Incidents of Non-compliance (INCs) Rate

Definition(s)

MMS incidents of non-compliance (INCs) rate

  1. Number of production incidents: Annual calendar-year number of MMS production INCs issued to an operator. The production INC's are associated with non-rig production activities including those from full site inspections, sample site inspections, spot site inspections as well as construction, decommissioning and production-related MMS office issued INCs.
  2. Number of production inspections: Annual calendar-year number of components inspected by MMS for an operator. This includes the number of components inspected by MMS during full site inspections, sample site inspections and spot site inspections.
  3. Number of drilling, workover, completion and well plugging and abandonment incidents: Annual calendar-year number of MMS drilling, workover, completion and well plugging and abandonment INCs issued to an operator.
  4. Number of rig inspections: Annual calendar year number of MMS rig inspections of rigs performed on drilling, workover, completion, and well plugging and abandonment activities at an operator's OCS locations.
Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards
Oil Spill: Number and Volume of Spills < 1 Barrel

Oil Spill: Number and Volume of Spills < 1 Barrel

Definition(s)

Oil spill: number and volume of spills <1 barrel

  1. Number of spills, oil, > 1 barrel: This value is the annual calendar-year total number of oil spills of less than 1 barrel from production, construction, and drilling-related operations on the OCS. It includes lessee spills and contractor spills directly involved in supporting lessee's operations. It includes spills from (1) pipelines within the facility where operator had/should have had containment, and (2) pipeline company-owned pipelines, operated by the facility. It does not include sightings, shipping-related incidents such as non-lease-related shipping spills, hazardous substance spills, or NPDES-related spills or sheens.
  2. Volume of spill: This value is the total volume of spills from 15.1.
Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Noncompliances

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Noncompliances

Definition(s)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Noncompliances

This value is the total number of noncompliances from OCS leases as reported to the EPA on an annual Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR). It includes the number of noncompliances from production, exploration and production drilling and workover activities performed on the operator's OCS locations. For companies that submit DMRs to EPA on a monthly basis, this value is the number of noncompliances from OCS leases that occurred in the calendar year being reported. Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards
Production, Drilling, or Construction Employee Hours Worked

Production, Drilling, or Construction Employee Hours Worked

Definition(s)

Production, drilling, or construction employee hours worked

This value is the number of actual hours worked during the calendar year on the OCS by those production, drilling, or construction operations employees (i.e., company and contractor employees) assigned to an operator's OCS locations. Transportation employee hours worked should include all  time worked regardless of location (excluding office staff and management), but allocated among operators if the services are shared. Do not include hours for which the employee is off-work or sleeping. Therefore, record 24 hours only in the unusual event that an employee works through a full day. Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards  
Construction Operations Employees’ (Company and Contractor) Total Recordable and Lost Time Injuries/illnesses

Construction Operations Employees’ (Company and Contractor) Total Recordable and Lost Time Injuries/illnesses

Definition(s)

Construction operations employees’ (company and contractor) total recordable and lost time injuries/illnesses

  1. Recordable injuries/illnesses: This value includes all company and contractor recordable injuries and illnesses, including days away cases, utilizing the criteria specified above, from January 1 through December 31 for construction operations employees (includes offshore construction, piping, platform structural modifications, major equipment additions pipelines, major painting activities, platform installations and decommissioning, maintenance, associated transportation, associated catering, diving, etc) that are assigned to the operator's OCS locations. These activities are usually directed by a construction inspector or supervisor and are larger projects, in most cases. It also includes restricted activity and transfer cases that are associated with no-days-away-from-work incidents. Transportation of personnel (e.g., helicopters, boats) injuries and illnesses incurred while supporting OCS activities should be included regardless of the occurrence location (e.g., shore base, OCS, transit). If transportation services are shared between OCS operators and others, only appropriate injuries and illnesses (i.e., those for which the operator is accountable) should be included with the operator's records. Office staff and management who are located onshore should not be included unless the company has an established process to include only the time they spend offshore and any associated offshore injury/illness.
  2. DART injuries/illnesses: This value is the number of construction operations employee (company and contractor) injuries and illnesses on the OCS for which there were days away from work, transfer and/or restricted duty situations.
Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards
Drilling Operations Employees’ (Company and Contractor), Total Recordable and Lost Time Injuries/illnesses

Drilling Operations Employees’ (Company and Contractor), Total Recordable and Lost Time Injuries/illnesses

Definition(s)

Drilling operations employees’ (company and contractor), total recordable and lost time injuries/illnesses

  1. Recordable injuries/illnesses: This value includes all company and contractor recordable injuries and illnesses, including days away cases, utilizing the criteria specified above, from January 1 through December 31 for all drilling (i.e., exploration, development and production) operations employees (includes drilling, well workover/completion/ service, plugging and abandonment, maintenance, associated transportation, associated catering, diving, etc.) that are assigned to the operator's OCS locations. It also includes restricted activity and transfer cases that are associated with no-days-away-from-work incidents. Transportation of personnel (e.g., helicopters, boats) injuries and illnesses incurred while supporting OCS activities should be included regardless of the occurrence location (e.g., shore base, OCS, transit). If transportation services are shared between OCS operators and others, only appropriate injuries and illnesses (i.e., those for which the operator is accountable) should be included with the operator's records. Office staff and management who are located onshore should not be included unless the company has an established process to include only the time they spend offshore and any associated offshore injury/illness.
  2. DART injuries/illnesses: This value is the number of drilling operations employee (company and contractor) injuries and illnesses on the OCS for which there were days away from work, transfer and/or restricted duty situations.
Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards
Production Operations Employees’ (Company and Contractor) Recordable and Lost Time Injuries/illnesses

Production Operations Employees’ (Company and Contractor) Recordable and Lost Time Injuries/illnesses

Definition(s)

Production operations employees’ (company and contractor) recordable and lost time injuries/illnesses

  1. Recordable injuries/illnesses: This value includes all company and contractor recordable injuries and illnesses, including days away cases, utilizing the criteria specified above, from January 1 through December 31 for all production (i.e., production, wireline, maintenance, associated transportation, associated catering) operations employees that are assigned to the operator's OCS locations. It also includes restricted activity and transfer cases that are associated with no-days-away-from-work incidents. Transportation of personnel (e.g., helicopter, boat) injuries and illnesses incurred while supporting OCS activities should be included regardless of the occurrence location (e.g., shore base, OCS, transit). If transportation services are shared between OCS operators and others, only appropriate injuries and illnesses (i.e., those for which the operator is accountable) should be included with the operator's records. Office staff and management who are located onshore should not be included unless the company has an established process to include only the time they spend offshore and any associated offshore injury/illness.
  2. DART injuries/illnesses: This value is the number of production operations employee (company and contractor) injuries and illnesses on the OCS for which there were days away from work, transfer and/or restricted duty situations.1
 

Source(s)

1. API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards
DART

DART

Definition(s)

DART

An acronym standing for Days Away, Restricted work or job Transfer. Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards
Uncontrolled Release

Uncontrolled Release

Definition(s)

Uncontrolled release

An accidental release of hydrocarbons, toxic substances, or other materials that is likely to develop quickly, be outside the anticipated range of normal operations, present only limited opportunity for corrective action, require any action to be in the nature of an emergency response, and could result in serious environmental or safety consequences. Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards  
Restricted Work Activity Case

Restricted Work Activity Case

Definition(s)

Restricted work activity case

A work-related injury/illness that prevents the person from working a full shift or the person is restricted by a physician or other licensed health care professional from performing any or all of the routine job functions which are performed at least once per week. Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards  
Recordability

Recordability

Definition(s)

Recordability

All injuries/illnesses that are work-related shall be considered Recordable if it results in death, days away from work, restricted work or transfer to another job, medical treatment beyond First Aid, loss of consciousness or if it involves a significant injury or illness. Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards  
Process

Process

Definition(s)

Process

The systems for production, use, storage, handling, treatment, or movement of hydrocarbons, sulphur, or toxic substances. Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards  

Process

Process refers to the activities that constitute use, storage, manufacture, handling, or movement in all facilities that contain dangerous substances. Source: API RP 750, Management of Process Hazards, First Edition, January 1990. Global Standards  

Process

Specific activities within an operation. One site/operation may have multiple processes which use or discharge water. For example, a manufacturing operation may have a cooling process, a cleaning process and a chemical reaction process. (GEMI, 2012) Source: Identifying and assessing water sources: Guidance document for the onshore oil and gas industry, International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA), 2014. Global Standards  

Process

A defined series of repeatable tasks, methods or actions to systematically achieve a purpose or specific objective. Source: IOGP Report No. 510, Operating Management System Framework for controlling risk and delivering high performance in the oil and gas industry, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, June 2014. Global Standards  

Process

Set of interrelated or interacting activities which transforms inputs into outputs. Source: ISO/IEC 27000:2014, Information technology — Security techniques — Information security management systems — Overview and vocabulary, Third Edition, January 2014. Global Standards  

Process

The term “process” for production and drilling operations includes facilities such as production equipment (e.g., separators, vessels, piping, heaters, pumps, compressors, exchangers, refrigeration systems, etc.), drilling equipment above ground, storage tanks, ancillary support areas (e.g. boiler houses and waste water treatment plants), onsite remediation facilities, and distribution piping under control of the Company. Source: OGP Report No. 456, Process Safety – Recommended Practice on Key Performance Indicators, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, November 2011. Global Standards  

Process

Series of operations performed in the making, treatment or transportation of a product or material.
  • NOTE: This standard makes extensive use of the term “process” to describe the equipment under control of the industrial automation and control system.
Source: ANSI/ISA–99.00.01–2007, Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems, Part 1: Terminology, Concepts, and Models, 29 October 2007. National Standard
Physician or Other Licensed Health Care Professional

Physician or Other Licensed Health Care Professional

Definition(s)

Physician or other licensed health care professional

An individual whose legally permitted scope of practice (i.e., license, registration or certification) allows him or her to independently perform, or be delegated the responsibility to perform medically-related treatment. This includes but is not limited to:
  1. Physicians;
  2. Nurses;
  3. Physical and Occupational Therapists;
  4. Medics; or
  5. Chiropractors.
Note: If you receive recommendations from two or more physicians or other licensed health care professionals, you may make a decision as to Recordability and/or classification based on which recommendation is the most authoritative. Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards  
MOU

MOU

Definition(s)

Mobile offshore unit (MOU)

A vessel which can be readily relocated to perform an industrial function related to offshore oil, gas, or sulphur exploration or exploitation. Such vessels include mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs), lift boats and other units involved in construction, maintenance (including the maintenance of wells) and lifting operations associated with offshore facilities. Mobile offshore units normally do not include vessels such as: supply vessels, standby vessels, anchor handling vessels, or seismic survey vessels. Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards  

MOU

Structure intended to be frequently relocated to perform a particular function. [ISO 19900:2002] EXAMPLE Pipelaying vessel or barge, offshore construction structure, accommodation structure (floatel), service structure, or mobile offshore drilling units. Source: ISO 19901-7:2013, Petroleum and natural gas industries – Specific requirements for offshore structures – Part 7: Stationkeeping systems for floating offshore structures and mobile offshore units. Global Standards

Mobile Offshore Unit

Structure intended to be frequently relocated to perform a particular function. [ISO 19900:2002] EXAMPLE Pipelaying vessel or barge, offshore construction structure, accommodation structure (floatel), service structure, or mobile offshore drilling units. Source: ISO 19901-7:2013, Petroleum and natural gas industries – Specific requirements for offshore structures – Part 7: Stationkeeping systems for floating offshore structures and mobile offshore units. Global Standards  

MOU

Mobile offshore unit. Source: ISO 19901-7:2013, Petroleum and natural gas industries – Specific requirements for offshore structures – Part 7: Stationkeeping systems for floating offshore structures and mobile offshore units. Global Standards        
Mobile Offshore Unit(MOU)

Mobile Offshore Unit(MOU)

Definition(s)

Mobile Offshore Unit

Mobile platform, including drilling ships, equipped for drilling for subsea hydrocarbon deposits and mobile platform for purposes other than production and storage of hydrocarbon deposits. Note 1 to entry: Includes mobile offshore drilling units, including drillships, accommodation units, construction and pipelay units, and well servicing and well stimulation vessels. Source: ISO 13702:2015, Petroleum and natural gas industries — Control and mitigation of fires and explosions on offshore production installations — Requirements and guidelines, Second Edition, August 2015. Global Standards

Mobile Offshore Unit (MOU)

A vessel which can be readily relocated to perform an industrial function related to offshore oil, gas, or sulphur exploration or exploitation. Such vessels include mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs), lift boats and other units involved in construction, maintenance (including the maintenance of wells) and lifting operations associated with offshore facilities. Mobile offshore units normally do not include vessels such as: supply vessels, standby vessels, anchor handling vessels, or seismic survey vessels. Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards  

Mobile Offshore Unit

Mobile offshore units (MOUs) means vessels which can be readily relocated and which can perform an industrial function involving offshore operations other than those traditionally provided by vessels covered by chapter I of the 1974 SOLAS Convention. Such MOUs include at least the following:
  1. column-stabilized unit is a MOU with the main deck connected to the underwater hull or footings by columns or caissons;
  2. non-self-propelled unit is a MOU not fitted with mechanical means of propulsion to navigate independently;
  3. self-elevating unit is a MOU with movable legs capable of raising its hull above the surface of the sea;
  4. self-propelled unit is a MOU fitted with a mechanical means of propulsion to navigate independently;
  5. submersible unit is an MOU with a ship-shape, barge-type or novel hull design (other than a self-elevating unit) intended for operation while bottom bearing; and
  6. surface unit is a MOU with a ship- or barge-type displacement hull of single- or multiple-hull configuration intended for operation in the floating condition.
Source: IMO Resolution A.1079(28), Recommendations for the Training and Certification of Personnel on Mobile Offshore Units (MOUs), Adopted on 4 December 2013, International Maritime Organization, Regulatory Guidance

Mobile Offshore Unit

Offshore structure designed such that it can be routinely relocated Note 1 to entry: Mobile offshore unit is also known as MOU. Source: ISO 19900:2013, Petroleum and natural gas industries – General requirements for offshore structures. Global Standards  

Mobile Offshore Unit

Mobile platform, including drilling ships, equipped for drilling for subsea hydrocarbon deposits and/or for purposes other than production and storage of hydrocarbon deposits. Source: ISO 15544:2000, Petroleum and natural gas industries – Offshore production installations – Requirements and guidelines for emergency. Global Standards  

Mobile Offshore Unit

A buoyant construction engaged in offshore operations including drilling, production, storage or support functions, not intended for service at one particular offshore location, and which can be relocated without major dismantling or modification. Source: Rules for Classification – Offshore units, DNVGL-OU-0101, Offshore drilling and support units, DNV GL, July 2015. Global Standards
Human Factors

Human Factors

Definition(s)

Human Factors

The interaction and application of scientific knowledge about people, facilities and management systems to improve their interaction in the work place and reduce the likelihood and/or consequences of human error. Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards  

Human Factors

The scientific discipline concerned with the application of validated scientific research about people, their abilities, characteristics and limitations to the design of systems they use, environments in which they function and interact, and jobs they perform to optimize human well-being and overall system performance. Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1512, Guideline on Software Quality Assurance and Human-Centred Design for e-navigation, 8 June 2015, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance  

Human Factors

The interactions between people, the organisation and the plant, equipment and systems that they interface with.  It is also sometimes defined as “fitting the work to the worker” or “the science and practice of designing systems to fit people”. Source: International Association of Drilling Contractors, Appendix 2 to Health, Safety and Environment Case Guidelines for Offshore Drilling Contractors, Issue 3.3.2, February 2010. IADC Guidelines  

Human Factors

Environmental, organisational, and job factors which influence behaviour of work in a way that can affect health and safety. Source: ISO 13702:2015, Petroleum and natural gas industries — Control and mitigation of fires and explosions on offshore production installations — Requirements and guidelines, Second Edition, August 2015. Global Standards  

Human Factors

Physical or cognitive characteristics, or social behaviour, of a person. NOTE Human factors can have a significant influence on the interaction within, and the functioning of, management systems. Source: ISO 10018:2012(EN), Quality management — Guidelines on people involvement and competence, First Edition, September 2012. Global Standards  

Human Factors

All the interactions of individuals with each other, with facilities and equipment, and with the management systems used in their working environment. Source: OGP Report No. 415, Asset integrity – the key to managing major incident risks, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, December 2008. Global Standards
Hazards Analysis

Hazards Analysis

Definition(s)

Hazards analysis

The application of one or more methodologies that aid in identifying and evaluating hazards.

Source: API RP 98, Personal Protective Equipment Selection for Oil Spill Responders, First Edition, August 2013. Global Standards

Hazards analysis

Comprehensive analysis of the task (job) or work site to identify actual and potential hazards that a responder may encounter while performing the work and the selection of means of controlling or eliminating them. Source: API RP 98, Personal Protective Equipment Selection for Oil Spill Responders, First Edition, August 2013. Global Standards

Hazards analysis

The application of one or more methodologies that aid in identifying and evaluating hazards. Some sources that may be helpful in performing hazards analysis include References 1 and 2 in Appendix D and API RP 14J, Recommended Practice for Design and Hazards Analysis for Offshore Production Facilities (latest edition). Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards
Fire

Fire

Definition(s)

Fire

Fire that always has at least enough air for combustion so the amount of fuel (i.e. the size of the pool or the fuel leak rate) controls the heat release rate.

Source: API STD 521, Pressure-relieving and Depressuring Systems, Sixth Edition, January 2014. Global Standard

Fire

The phenomenon of combustion manifested in light, flame, and heat. Source: API RP 14G, Recommended Practice for Fire Prevention and Control on Fixed Open-type Offshore Production Platforms: Upstream Segment, Fourth Edition, April 2007. Global Standards

Fire

A fire is the phenomenon of combustion manifested in light, flame, and heat. Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards  

Fire

Any combustion resulting from an LOPC, regardless of the presence of flame. This includes smoldering, charring, smoking, singeing, scorching, carbonizing, or the evidence that any of these have occurred. Source: OGP Report No. 456, Process Safety – Recommended Practice on Key Performance Indicators, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, November 2011. Global Standards  

Fire

“Fire” means unplanned or uncontrolled fire. Source: The Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995, S.I. 1995/743, 1995. Regulations
Significant Injury/illness

Significant Injury/illness

Definition(s)

Significant injury/illness

A work-related case involving any of the following diagnoses by a physician or other licensed health care professional:
  1. Cancer;
  2. Chronic irreversible disease;
  3. Punctured ear drum; or
  4. Fractured or chipped bone.
Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards  
Work-related

Work-related

Definition(s)

Work-related

An injury or illness is presumed to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing injury or illness. Exceptions include:
  1. Visitor or members of the general public;
  2. Voluntary participation in a wellness program such as the use of company-provided exercise equipment;
  3. Eating, drinking or preparing one’s own food;
  4. Cold or flu;
  5. Personal tasks outside working hours;
  6. Personal grooming, self-medication or self-infliction;
  7. Symptoms arising on site solely due to outside factors; or
  8. Motor vehicle accident during commute, provided the injured party is not within course and scope of employment.
Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards  
Minor Platform

Minor Platform

Definition(s)

Minor platform

Minor platforms contain less than six completions and less than two pieces of production equipment. Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards
Major Platform

Major Platform

Definition(s)

Major platform

Major platforms contain at least six or more completions or two or more pieces of production equipment. Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards
Job Transfer Case

Job Transfer Case

Definition(s)

Job transfer case

A work-related injury/illness that, based on the recommendations of a physician or other licensed health care professional, the injured party is moved to a different job position or assignment. Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards
First Aid Treatment

First Aid Treatment

Definition(s)

First Aid Treatment

Any medical treatment rendered by a physician or other licensed health care professional beyond what is detailed below renders the work-related event Recordable. First Aid Treatment is limited to the following:
  1. Non-prescription medication at non-prescription strength;
  2. Tetanus immunization;
  3. Cleaning, flushing or soaking wounds on the surface of the skin;
  4. Using wound coverings such as a Band-Aid, bandages, gauze pads, etc.; or using butterfly bandages or SteriStrips;
  5. Using hot or cold therapy;
  6. Using any non-rigid means of support such as elastic wraps, bandages, non rigid back belts, etc.;
  7. Using temporary immobilization devices for transporting an injured person;
  8. Drilling a fingernail to relieve pressure or draining fluid from a blister;
  9. Using eye patches;
  10. Removal of foreign bodies from the eye using only irrigation or a cotton swab;
  11. Removing splinters or foreign material from areas other than the eye by irrigation, tweezers, cotton swabs or other simple means;
  12. Using finger guards;
  13. Using massages (not physical therapy or chiropractic treatment); or
  14. Drinking fluids for relief of heat stress.
Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards  

First Aid Treatment

FIRST AID TREATMENT shall mean using a non-prescription medication at non-prescription strength; administering tetanus immunizations; cleaning, flushing, or soaking wounds on the surface of the skin; using wound coverings such as bandages, gauze pads, or butterfly bandages; using hot or cold therapy; using any non-rigid means of support such as elastic bandages; using temporary immobilization devices when transporting an accident victim; drilling of a fingernail or toenail to relieve pressure or draining fluid from a blister; using eye patches; removing foreign bodies from the eye using only irrigation or a cotton swab; removing splinters or foreign material from areas other than the eye by irrigation, tweezers, cotton swabs, or other simple means; using finger guards; using massages; or drinking fluids for the relief of heat stress. Source: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Practice and Procedure, Code of Colorado Regulations, 2 CCR 404-1, February 2013. Regulations
Gas Production, Gross Operated

Gas Production, Gross Operated

Definition(s)

Gas production, gross operated

This value is the annual gross operated production of gas on the OCS by an operator in millions of barrels. Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards