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Making It Real: Highlights from the Industry Safety Forum (13 June 2017) Articles • July 2017 “It’s time to talk about Making It Real” announced Tony Nunan – Managing Director, QGC in his opening address at the recent Industry Safety Forum.

Why Are We in Such a Hurry? Articles • July 2017 Dave Hurst works as a Production Shift Supervisor at Origin Energy’s BassGas plant.   Dave lost two beloved family members in two separate road accidents. The trauma on his family is felt every day.

Leadership in Action – Senex and Hofco “Boots on for Safety” Articles • July 2017 enior leaders from Senex Energy and Hofco Oilfield Services recently paired up to do Safety Leadership Visits to worksites in Senex Energy’s Western Surat Gas Project.

Senex and Hofco: Paired Safety Leadership Tours – “Boots on for Safety” Case Studies • July 2017 It’s essential that the senior leaders of any organisation have a good appreciation of safety issues at the worksite level. With onshore operations in the Cooper Basin (South Australia) and the Surat Basin (Queensland), independent oil and gas exploration company Senex Energy has a workforce that is spread far and wide.

Change of Date: Land Transport Review Panel June 2017 The date of the Land Transport Review Panel has been rescheduled to Wednesday 06 September 2017. The theme of the event will be: Driving behaviour.  It’s not “them” it’s “you”. Date: Wednesday 06 September 2017 (morning, time TBC) Venue: Arrow Energy office, 111 Eagle St, Brisbane, QLD 4000 Who Should Attend (Operating and Contract Partner Companies, max 2 persons per company): Senior Operational Leaders HSE Professionals Driver Supervisors and Transport/Logistics Co-ordinators Bookin

Safer Together and DrillSafe Collaborate to Run a Joint Safety Forum in Brisbane Articles • June 2017 On 31 May 2017, Safer Together and DrillSafe ran a joint DCIIRP/DrillSafe/DrillWell Forum in Brisbane.  More than 100 representatives of companies from the drilling and completions community in Queensland gathered with their colleagues from all around Australia to hear presentations from Operators and Contractors about recent incidents and to share lessons learnt.  In addition, several presentations focused on innovations to improve safety in the industry. The event was kindly hosted by QGC and

Process Safety Incident Review Workshop is a Success June 2017 78 representatives from 38 member companies recently gathered in Brisbane to participate in the second Safer Together Workshop focused specifically on sharing lessons learnt from process safety-related incidents within the CSG industry in Queensland.

Helping Hands Program Launched – Engaging Workers to Improve Hand and Finger Safety While Helping Others Articles • June 2017 Safer Together has partnered with Helping Hands to develop the Helping Hands – Hand and Finger Preservation Program.  The centrepiece of the program is an innovative exercise in which participants immobilise their dominant hand.

Launch of the Common Industry Competencies Standard Will Deliver Huge Value Articles • June 2017 Safer Together has identified huge value in streamlining some of the competencies that are shared across our industry, and has recently released a Common Industry Competencies (CIC) Standard.

Santos and Savanna: Helping Hands - Engaging Workers to Improve Hand and Finger Safety While Helping Others Case Studies • June 2017 In the 12 months to August 2016, 4 of 7 recordable injuries sustained by Santos’ Drilling and Completions activities involved hands and fingers. Savanna Rig 65 was about to enter service for Santos. It was important to engage the rig crew during mobilisation to raise awareness of the incidence of hand injuries – and to explore what could be done to minimise them.