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Arrow Energy: A Fit-For-Purpose Approach To Fitness To Work Medical Assessments Articles • May 2021 Here’s the story of how Arrow Energy implemented a program of two-yearly periodic Fitness To Work (FTW) medicals for their workforce, aimed at improving management of health and reducing the occurrence of Fitness To Work health-related severe and fatal events. The program has gone through two major cycles, and mirrors the approach set out in the Safer Together FTW Medical Assessment Guideline.

Arrow Energy: A Fit-For-Purpose Approach To Fitness To Work Medical Assessments Case Studies • May 2021 A high proportion of Arrow Energy’s staff work in remote locations, some distance and time away from sophisticated medical facilities and rapid emergency response. Arrow required all staff to do a pre-employment Fitness To Work medical, but historically there was no follow-up program of regular review.

Coming Soon: Assist and Assure Best Practice Workshop and Train-the-Trainer Workshop Articles • May 2021 The project team for the Assist and Assure leadership skills program will hold a Best Practice Workshop in July and a Train-the-Trainer Workshop in August as part of providing implementation support to companies that have started to deploy, or are interested in deploying the Assist and Assure program.

Supporting the Surat Basin Energy Awards Articles • May 2021 Safer Together was a proud sponsor of the Safety Award at the recent Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise (TSBE) Surat Basin Energy Awards held in Dalby on the 29th April 2021.

Contain It WA/NT Goes Live! Articles • May 2021 Contain It Hazard Awareness training is going live on 31 May at ERGT’s training facility in Jandakot, Perth, WA. The course is an interactive and practical training session for energy and resources personnel in WA to experience the first-hand effects of hydrocarbon releases in a safe and controlled environment.

Now Available: Offshore Vessel Deck Water Management Specification Articles • May 2021 One of the key risks that presents the most significant consequences to operators on the back decks of offshore vessels is ‘green water’ entering the deck that can cause deck cargo to move, wash vessel crew off their feet, and potentially cause fatal injuries. The Marine Working Group has developed an Offshore Vessel Deck Water Management Specification on the management of this risk through the use of vessel selection and additional technology that can be used on the vessel stern to manage water flow when it cannot be fully excluded. Have a look to learn more.

Focus On Fatigue – Land, Sea, and Air Articles • May 2021 Safer Together’s Aviation Working Group organised a 90 minute webinar on Fatigue Management in late April that brought together representatives from the Land Logistics, Marine and Aviation industry sectors of the Australian oil and gas industry to explore the challenges of, and approaches used to manage fatigue. The event also included a keynote speech from a renowned expert in the field of sleep science.

A New Approach to Fitness To Work Medical Assessments Articles • May 2021 Implementation Workshops were held in Brisbane on 20 May and Toowoomba on 25 May to launch the Safer Together Fitness To Work Medical Assessment Guideline and to provide initial implementation support for companies intending to adopt the Guideline, and for Health Practitioners that will carry out the FTW medicals for the Industry, to help them “hit the ground running”.

New Members and SLG Appointments Articles • May 2021 We extend a warm welcome to 7 new member companies that joined our community of safety leaders in April and May 2021.

Safe Offshore Lifting Campaign In Focus Articles • May 2021 Safer Together’s UK-based collaboration partner, Step Change in Safety, has released a campaign on the theme of ‘Safe lifting operations and preventing falling objects’.