Offshore Fixed Structures: Health and Safety
(asked on 20th July 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to assess the safety of grating systems for workers on offshore (a) fixed and (b) mobile oil and gas platforms.
This question was answered on 4th September 2023
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently issued a Safety Alert highlighting the unsafe use of floor grating systems which can be found here. HSE has a pro-active intervention programme with duty holders which includes their asset integrity management systems and takes appropriate actions based on its findings.