• The audit was conducted from 29 April to 9 May 2025.
  • Notification of the order was made on 13 November 2025.
  • The order itself was issued on 14 January 2026.

Objective

The objective of the audit was to verify the company's management of the working environment on Haven, and to follow up on previous findings within the working environment domain from the AoC application process.

During the acknowledgement of compliance (AoC) application process for Haven in 2024, deficiencies were detected in Macro's management of the working environment, along with an inadequate overview of technical working environment conditions on board. In this audit, we wanted to verify that the non-conformities had been addressed in line with the company’s feedback to us.

Result

The audit revealed deficiencies in Macro’s management of the working environment.

The company’s governing documents for the working environment did not ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, and resulted in deficient management and follow-up of various working environment factors, including employee participation.

Inadequate, or even non-existent, analyses led to a weak decision-making basis for the choice and prioritisation of measures and the ensuing follow-up of the working environment.

Macro's follow-up of the working environment non-conformities that we identified in the AoC audit in 2024 had been only partially achieved in line with the information they gave us.

This applied to non-conformities concerning decision-making and non-conformities concerning working environment analyses.

Non-conformities

The audit of Macro’s management of the working environment on Haven identified thirteen non-conformities in the following areas:

  • Management of the working environment
  • Governing document for follow-up of the working environment
  • Ergonomics
  • Carcinogenic chemicals
  • Register of at-risk workers
  • Noise
  • Lighting
  • Personal protective equipment
  • Night work
  • Safety service/employee participation
  • Joint, local working environment committee (FS-AMU)
  • Protection and safety work in a free, independent position
  • Non-conformity handling

We also observed one factor that we have chosen to categorise as an improvement point. This concerned:

  • Passive smoking

Order

The audit identified serious breaches of the regulations. We have therefore issued Macro Offshore Management with the following order:

Pursuant to the Framework Regulations, section 69 concerning administrative decisions, we order Macro Offshore Management AS to

1. follow up and further develop the company’s management system for working environment follow-up to ensure that

a. potential working environment risks are identified in a systematic manner

b. mapping of working environment conditions is undertaken that is appropriate for assessing health risks

c. comprehensive analyses are carried out at group level for the working environment factors and that these are used as a basis for adopting and implementing measures

d. non-conformities are recorded and rectified and their causes identified, and corrective measures are implemented to prevent them from recurring

e. the impact of measures is verified and validated by qualified personnel.

with reference to the Framework Regulations, section 17 concerning the duty to establish, follow up and further develop a management system, and the Management Regulations, sections 18 concerning working environment analysis, and 22 concerning the handling of non-conformities. See the report’s non-conformities 5.1.1 on the management of the working environment and 5.1.2 on governing documents for the follow-up of the working environment.

2. carry out the following:

a. Present a binding plan with deadlines for mapping and analysing work environment risks, individually and collectively. This must cover all areas of the facility, and exposure and task risks within the working environment.

b. Carry out activities as identified in item a and document that the activities have been carried out in accordance with the further developed management system for working environment follow-up; see item 1.

c. Present an overview of detected non-conformities as identified in item b and a binding plan with deadlines for the implementation of corrective measures where non-conformities have been detected.

pursuant to the Management Regulations sections 18 concerning working environment analysis and 22 concerning the handling of non-conformities. See the report’s non-conformities 5.1.1 on the management of the working environment, 5.1.3 on ergonomics, 5.1.4 on carcinogenic chemicals, 5.1.6 on noise, 5.1.7 on lighting and 5.1.13 on the handling of non-conformities.

3. document employee participation, including the role of the safety representatives, in the follow-up of the audit report and the order, with reference to the Framework Regulations section 13 concerning facilitating employee participation. See the report’s non-conformities 5.1.10 on the safety service/employee participation and 5.1.11 on joint, local working environment committee

The deadline for complying with items 1 and 2a of the order is 30 January 2026.

The deadline for complying with items 2b, 2c and 3 of the order is 1 September 2026.

We are to be notified when the various parts of the order have been carried out.

We ask you to set aside time for status meetings at our premises. In the meetings, we ask you to present the status of the work to comply with the order, results and plans for further work.

  • Tuesday 3 March 2026, 9-11.
  • Thursday 3 September 2026, 12-14.