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Performance
Indicators
A guide for the
oil and gas industry
Health
Performance
Indicators
A guide for the
oil and gas industry
IPIECA
International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association
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International Association of Oil & Gas Producers
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This document was compiled on behalf of the OGP-IPIECA Health Committee by the Health
Performance Indicators taskforce. The Health Committee gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the
following: Irene Alfaro (ARPEL); Alison Martin (BP); Craig Friedmann (ConocoPhillips); Angelo
Madera, Claudio Zappador (ENI); Myron Harrison, Clarion Johnson (ExxonMobil); Rob Cox
(IPIECA); Fadhel Al-Ali (KPC); Ed Spoelker (Marathon); Don Smith (OGP); Suzanne SchunderTatzber (OMV); Mohd Hatta Usul, Abdul Rahim Rahman Hamzah (Petronas); Gabriel Saada
(Saipem); Emad Al-Jahdaly (Saudi Aramco);Alex Barbey (Schlumberger); and Faiyaz Bhojani (Shell).
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diligence when determining how or whether to respond to the information herein. Further, this guide is not
intended to replace necessary and appropriate medical or other professional advice or attention.
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Contents
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Introduction
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Purpose
Type of indicator
Scope
Health risk assessment and planning
Industrial hygiene and control of workplace exposures
Medical emergency management
Management of ill-health in the workplace
Fitness for task assessment and health surveillance
Health impact assessment
Health reporting and record management
Public health interface and promotion of good health
Background
Key characteristics for HPIs
Costs
Accountability for performance
Scope
Voluntariness
Assessing performance qualitatively and quantitatively
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Appendix:
Guidelines on scope and collection of data in respect of
occupational illness frequency rates
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Introduction
Definitions
Identification of occupational illnesses
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Glossary of terms
Introduction
Background
The oil and gas industry recognizes the
potential for significant health hazards inherent
in its operations and products. Companies in
the industry have made many commitments to
achieve excellence in managing these hazards
and often these commitments go well beyond
regulatory obligations. Indicators for the health
performance of the industry are a necessary
part of effective health management and the
promotion of improvements in health performance. Currently there is no globally
applied set of performance indicators within
the oil and gas industry, although companies
do align when reporting in some national
jurisdictions (e.g. OSHA 300 in the USA).
In addition to being a regulated reporting
requirement in many countries, the use and
evaluation of Health Performance Indicators
(HPIs) underpins consistent standards of health
management for a companys operations globally.
It also facilitates performance benchmarking
among oil and gas companies, with the aim of
identifying and sharing best practices.
The setting, collection and dissemination of
HPIs has direct business benefits because:
collection of data can act as a driver to
support performance improvement;
it can help demonstrate transparency and
provide a reference for a wide range of
external stakeholders, with the potential to
enhance reputation; and
simplifying reporting of these indicators has
the potential to reduce administrative costs
in all companies.
Introduction
Costs
Actions taken to improve performance need to
be cost-effective. Processes associated with HPIs
are unlikely to result in short-term financial
benefits but will result in savings and the
control of loss in the medium to long term.
Scope
In the 2005 guidance, a total of five core
health and safety indicators were identified;
however the remit of this document is to
address only Health Performance Indicators.
This document adopts a hierarchical three-tier
approach consisting of:
a Health Management System comprising a
set of eight qualitative system elements;
leading indicators relating to each of the
eight elements (there may be more than
one indicator for each system element); and
a lagging indicator, relating to one element
onlyoccupational illness.
Voluntariness
This document is a guideline. Not all
indicators will be suitable for use by every
company in every situation. In some cases,
the collection and dissemination of data or
performance criteria may be prohibited by
law. Companies should decide on a case-bycase basis which they will adopt and indeed
whether additional indicators might be
required for their particular circumstances.
Level 3
Level 2
System to capture and report data is in place but not fully implemented
and embedded.
Level 1
Coverage
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Type of indicator
Qualitativeranking and rating is based on a
subjective assessment of the integrity of the
programme. High level quantitative assessments
may be made based on a traffic-light system.
Scope
Reporters should describe the companys
status in terms of implementing an
occupational health management system and
whether it broadly meets the eight categories
set out below. A Health Management System
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Appendix
Guidelines on scope and collection of data in respect
of occupational illness frequency rates
Introduction
Efficient reporting of work-related illness is a
key element in effective management of
occupational health risks. Within countries and
companies the reporting of occupational
health is, at the time of writing, unequal and
incomplete. This is due to differences in
legislation, culture and occupational health
practices. This guideline provides a consensus
approach, which will assist companies to
generate harmonized data.
Definitions
Occupational illness: an occupational illness is
any abnormal condition or disorder of an
employee, other than one resulting from an
occupational injury, caused by exposure to
environmental factors associated with employment. This includes both acute and chronic
illnesses or diseases. They may be caused by
inhalation, absorption, ingestion of or direct
contact with the hazard, as well as exposure to
physical and psychological hazards.
Reporting: will include cases which are
required to be reported to the authorities as
part of national schemes and all other cases
judged by a competent occupational health
advisor to be work-related.
Respiratory disease
Asthma, silicosis, asbestosis, alveolitis.
Skin disease
Contact dermatitis (allergic or irritant).
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Poisoning
Poisoning by lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium,
carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulphide.
Mental ill-health
Depression, post traumatic disorder.
Notes:
1. The occupational illness frequency is a
measure of incidence, meaning that only
new cases should be reported.
2. An employees physical or mental defect or
pre-existing physical or mental condition
does not affect the reportability of a
subsequently contracted occupational illness.
If in such circumstances an illness is caused
or mainly caused by exposures at work, the
case should be reported without regard to
the employees pre-existing physical or
mental condition.
3. The denominator per million working
hours has been selected in order to be
consistent with safety statistics reporting.
4. In some jurisdictions local law may prohibit
the collection and reporting of data on
illness and injury and/or the disclosure of
that data to an employer.
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Glossary of terms
API
CDC
EHSMS
HIA
HMS
HPI
Health surveillance
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Lagging indicators
Leading indicators
OIFR
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