Empowering and Enhancing Offshore Workers’ SWA, UWA, Reporting Unsafe Conditions, and Employee Participation

Project Summary:
The primary objective is to address challenges of offshore workers’ implementation of stop work authority, ultimate work authority, reporting unsafe conditions, and employee participation (SURE) programs. These programs were added to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s Safety and Environmental Management System in 2013; however, offshore workers have faced persistent difficulties conducting these activities (e.g., stopping others’ work) due to poor safety culture and lack of hazard awareness skills. To overcome the problems, this project aims to develop and implement a collection of worker-centered safety tools termed the “SURE Toolbox.” Such safety tools include education and training materials, operating procedures, observation and reporting cards, end-user manuals, team safety meeting guidelines, and data analytics of the SURE activities. To advance safety culture, the SURE Toolbox will focus on fostering positive leadership, feedback sharing and seeking, and a psychological safety climate. To help offshore workers identify hazards accurately, the SURE Toolbox will incorporate situation awareness principles and techniques. Results and products of the project will be available via a publicly accessible digital repository, a mobile app, webinars, workshops, online videos, professional and academic conferences, and meetings with offshore industry organizations.
This initiative reflects a commitment to advancing research that delivers practical solutions to real-world challenges.
Stay connected with the Innovation Diffusion Lab to learn more about the work shaping industries and fostering safer workplaces.
Read more about this: https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2023/11/gulf-research-program-awards-4-4-million-to-support-safer-offshore-energy-systems
Comments