Fatal Risk Controls: An Evolution to Effective Risk Managment. Dr Andrew Lewin BHP Billiton Petroleum Senior Manager HSE Conventional Production

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1 Fatal Risk Controls: An Evolution to Effective Risk Managment Dr Andrew Lewin BHP Billiton Petroleum Senior Manager HSE Conventional Production

2 Agenda 1. Introduction 2. BHP Billiton what we do, who we are 3. History pre-2006 the formulation of Fatal Risk Control Protocols 4. FRCP s structure and content 5. FRCP s Pro s and Con s, data since Organizational Change the move to Group Level Documents 7. Future State Management of material risks, personal safety versus process safety Name, Position, Department, Month Date, Year Slide 2

3 BHP Billiton a global resources company Name, Position, Department, Month Date, Year Slide 3

4 Pre-2006 Continuing trend of fatalities, significant incidents (high potential) Similar themes, root causes Increased pressure on license to operate Backdrop of expansion in many parts of the business as minerals industry boom ramped up Name, Position, Department, Month Date, Year Slide 4

5 FRCP s born Review of past fatalities and significant incidents Key fatal risks identified Workgroups established to develop control strategies Minimum performance expectations for managing these risks NOTE: The existence of these protocols does not presume coverage of all risks faced by operations Name, Position, Department, Month Date, Year Slide 5

6 FRCP s Structure A Plant and Equipment requirements B Procedural requirements C People requirements Name, Position, Department, Month Date, Year Slide 6

7 FRCP s Content 1. Light Vehicles 2. Surface Mobile Equipment 3. Underground Mobile Equipment 4. Underground Ground Control 5. Hazardous Materials Management 6. Molten Materials Management 7. Equipment Safeguarding 8. Isolation 9. Working at heights 10.Lifting Operations Name, Position, Department, Month Date, Year Slide 7

8 FRCP requirements Plant Paper People Total 1 Light vehicles Surface mobile equipment U/G Mobile equipment U/G Ground Control Hazardous Material management Molten materials management Equipment safeguarding Isolation Working at heights Lifting operations TOTALS Name, Position, Department, Month Date, Year Slide 8

9 FRCP s Pro s and Cons Pro s Provided clear requirements for the first time that set a company standard Helped communicate to contractors what we expected and raised the bar Clear auditable requirements where we could measure compliance and potentially risk reduction FRCP specialist resources Con s No differentiation on importance of controls, e.g. seat belts versus first aid kits Drove up costs without driving down risk and created cottage industries Became a KPI exercise relating to compliance scores Deflected people from managing specific risks by prescribing generic controls Took precedence over managing low probability, high consequence risk events Questionable that delivered.. Name, Position, Department, Month Date, Year Slide 9

10 Data since FRCP s implemented Total Includes 5 fatalities in a helicopter crash 2. Material risk management initiative commenced Name, Position, Department, Month Date, Year Slide 10

11 Organizational Change Corporate HSEC move away from support and guidance to governance: policy setting and audit, reporting Resources reduced (Group HSEC from approx 150 to 20 in 4-5 years) Reduced corporate documents (guidelines, protocols, etc etc.) 127 to 7 in 4-5 years Introduction to Group Level Documents Name, Position, Department, Month Date, Year Slide 11

12 FRC GLD requirements 1 Vehicles and Mobile Equipment 14 2 Explosives and Blasting 4 3 Ground Control 6 4 Hazardous Materials 12 5 Isolation and Permit to Work 11 6 Work at heights 13 7 Lifting Operations 14 TOTAL 74 Name, Position, Department, Month Date, Year Slide 12

13 Management of Material Risks Risk Register Prevent Bow Ties Mitigate Performance Standards SAFETY CASE Maintenance Activities (eg: in SAP) MATERIAL RISK REVIEW Annual Validation & Assurance of Safety Case Name, Position, Department, Month Date, Year Slide 13

14 Key Messages Prescribing requirements to manage fatal risks is not the whole answer don t have rocks in your head.. Risks that result in fatalities, in particular material risks, are more complex and must be managed differently from personal safety risks Managing risks is about implementing, maintaining, monitoring and improving critical controls Name, Position, Department, Month Date, Year Slide 14

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