The Hazard Register

Abstract Recognizing the opportunity to take a proactive position in the identification, assessment, control and recovery of unsafe acts and incidents, the seismic safety work group of the E&P Forum chartered a task force to develop a generic hazard register which would identify the various activities around geophysical operations and assess them for possibilities for what could go wrong. In short, the hazard register documents the identification, assessment, control and recovery for each hazard present during execution of any tasks. Emphasis is placed on early identification, assessment and controlled during planning and survey design. The intent of this generic hazard register is to help individual contractors and companies to identify the specifics around their particular terrain and environment which have the potential to be a part to an unsafe act and the possible major catastrophic incident. We agree upon terms of reference which stated: to develop a generic hazards register, for safety, health and environment on the identification, assessment, control and recovery of the hazards that are inherent in land and marine operations. While much discussion focused on the various approaches that could be used to develop a generic hazard register, consensus was reached early concerning what the intent of the hazard register would be… that is, to reduce and/or eliminate the number of incidents that were occurring on geophysical crews and thereby improve overall safety, health and environmental performance.