Evaluation of offshore emergency preparedness in view of rare accidents
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Vinnem, J-E. (2010) Evaluation of offshore emergency preparedness in view of rare accidents. Safety Science, 49(2), 178-191 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.07.010Abstract
The offshore industry in the North Sea has gone from a very high risk level for employees some 30–40 years ago, to a low level. The paper reviews the statistics briefly and discusses the implications of the low level. There has from the beginning of the operations been strong focus on emergency prepared-ness, due to the remoteness of the operations mostly far from shore. But there will always have to be a balance between the focus on preventative safety efforts and the extent of emergency preparedness pro-visions. This is discussed in detail, based on an extensive evaluation of the adequacy of emergency pre-paredness provisions recently performed. The main findings are presented, and the robustness and validity of the approach is discussed, together with implications of the rare major accidents.
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Reprinted from Safety Science, 49 /2, Jan-Erik Vinnem, Evaluation of offshore emergency preparedness in view of rare accidents, Pages No. 178-191,
Copyright (2010), with permission from Elsevier.