Articles

Five Years in the Making Articles • January 2020 Since its inception in early 2014 Safer Together has delivered, through the relentless commitment of its growing membership, a range of safety improvements through its specifications, tools and initiatives. A video to recognise our journey and achievements to date was shared at the December 2019 IndustrySafety Forum Dinner.

Got Something to Share? Articles • January 2020 Safer Together's Sharing Library has wide range of Safety Moments, Safety Toolboxes, Safety Alerts, Learning Event Bulletins and Safety Culture Tools that are directly relevant to our industry.

New Members and SLG Appointments Articles • December 2019 We extend a warm welcome to 3 new member companies that joined our community of safety leaders in December 2019.

DCIIRP #18 “Personal Impact of Incidents and the Power of Innovation to Reduce Harm” Articles • December 2019 The Safer Together Rig Site Safety Working Group held its 18th Drilling and Completions Industry Incident Review Panel recently.

5 and Going Strong Articles • December 2019 The Queensland Coal Seam Gas industry came together earlier this month to celebrate the 5th anniversary of our collaboration on safety, through Safer Together. Since its inception in early 2014 Safer Together has delivered, through the relentless commitment of its growing membership, a range of safety improvements through its specifications, tools and initiatives.

Safer Together Holiday Break Schedule Articles • December 2019 The Safer Together office will be closed from end of business of 24 December 2019 to 6 January 2020 for the Christmas and New Year break.

New Members and SLG Appointment Articles • November 2019 We extend a warm welcome to 7 new member companies that joined our community of safety leaders in November 2019.

It’s Time to Update the IVMS Specification Articles • November 2019 Safer Together introduced a Common In-Vehicle Monitoring System (IVMS) Specification for the Queensland Natural Gas Exploration and Production Industry in 2015. The Specification helped simplify and standardise IVMS requirements addressing settings for speed management, seat belts, fatigue management, harsh driving events and reporting.

Learning & Sharing: Marine IRP & Forum Articles • November 2019 The Improvements Project Team of the Safer Together Marine Working Group has continued to deliver one impressive Incident Review Panel (IRP) and Forum after another. The event on 14 November was filled with review of two very relevant incidents related to lifeboats and vessel operations, which generated robust discussion by participants and a challenge by a Woodside representative about what people will do differently when they go back to work after review of the latter incident.

FTW Medical Assessment Guideline: First Feedback In Articles • November 2019 The nature of our industry means that approximately 7000 individuals are working in remote locations in our industry.  This means that many of our people cannot be evacuated to a hospital with 4 hours or may experience delays to delivery of medical care due to working at isolated locations.