HSER Connect

Quarterly Safety Theme - Q4: Wellbeing and Work Environment HSER Connect • September 2023 As psychosocial health becomes an increasing focus for everyone in our industry, managing our physical and mental wellbeing, and the hazards associated with our work environment is essential to keeping us safe in the short and longer terms – and the focus of our Q4 Theme: ‘Wellbeing and Work Environment’.

Fresh Eyes on Fatigue HSER Connect • September 2023 Fatigue is something that affects everyone – a fatigued worker is a danger to themselves and to others. Fatigue is also more than feeling tired and drowsy; in a work context, fatigue is mental and/or physical exhaustion that reduces your ability to perform your work safely and effectively.

A New Home for Health Safety & Environment Frontline Workforce Representatives (HSERs) Articles • HSER Connect • July 2023 We have a new home for Health Safety Environment Representatives (HSERs) on our website. Here you’ll find everything needed to support HSERs in the role, including links to an HSER on-boarding support framework, and a range of other Safer Together tools that are particularly relevant for the HSER community.

Common Industry Competencies Articles • HSER Connect • July 2023 This month we launch Revision 7 of our Common Industry Competencies (CIC) Specification. The Specification defines consistent requirements for training courses, competency, and validity periods, removing confusion and eliminating duplication.

Guidance on Preventing Dropped Objects HSER Connect • July 2023 Safer Together is a member of the Dropped Objects Prevention Scheme (DROPS) - a global industry-wide initiative focused on preventing dropped objects, with the goal of delivering a second nature dropped objects prevention strategy across our industry.

Save the Date! HSER Connect • July 2023 We are pleased to announce that in 2023, our Health Safety Environment Representative (HSER) Forum will be held on the morning of Wednesday 25th October 2023 in Perth, WA.

Recent Happenings HSER Connect • July 2023 The latest on our National Road Safety Week Campaign.

Quarterly Safety Theme. Q3: Safe Lifting, Working at Height & Preventing Dropped Objects Articles • HSER Connect • July 2023 Safer Together plays a key role in promoting safe work practice within the oil & gas industry, providing a means for workers to raise safety issues within the workplace. With our Collaboration Partners, Step Change in Safety (UK) and Always Safe (Norway), in Q3 we focus on Safe Lifting, Working at Height & Preventing Dropped Objects. Thorough planning and specific hazard identification for lifting operations, working at height, and preventing potential dropped objects allows hazards to be safely managed.

Quarterly Variations on the Theme of Safety HSER Connect • April 2023 Safer Together exists to prevent harm to the men and women who work in the Australian oil and gas industry. Our industry can be competitive place – but the one area in which we all collaborate and share, is to improve worker safety. From 2023, we have aligned with our international counterparts, Step Change in Safety in the UK and Always Safe in Norway in delivering Quarterly Safety Themes.

Making the Most of Improved Safety Conversations HSER Connect • April 2023 Staying informed is an essential part of developing a strong safety culture. Effective Safety Conversations is a tool to help provide the skills and tools needed to have effective conversations, to give and receive feedback well (and appropriately), and to develop great communicators.