How can risk be managed?

Identifying, understanding and managing risk are crucial for the work of preventing accidents and undesirable incidents. 

What do the companies have to do?  

The regulations require the companies to analyse their own operations in order to identify how hazardous conditions might arise and develop, and the possible consequences of the various scenarios. On that basis, they must establish barriers and performance requirements for these.

Risk analyses must be updated and further developed in the operating phase of the business – and continuously adapted to any changes made. Barriers must be monitored, measured and followed up to ensure that they remain fully functional at all times. 

What is major accident risk?  

Preventing major accidents ranks as the most significant of Havtil’s important assignments as the supervisory authority. Such events are defined as an acute incident, like a major spill, a fire or an explosion, which immediately or subsequently causes a number of fatalities and/or serious personal injuries, serious harm to the environment and/or substantial loss of material assets. 

Who is most exposed to risk?  

“Groups most exposed to risk” is the designation of petroleum industry workers who are particularly vulnerable to occupational injury or illness. It is very important that the industry pays particular attention to these categories. 
Ill-health and injury impose high costs not only on the people directly or indirectly concerned, but also on the companies and society as a whole.