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Corporate responsibility
 Our operating management system (OMS) sets out BP’s principles
for good operating practice.
 By the end of 2014, we had completed 25 of the 26
recommendations from BP’s internal investigation regarding the
Deepwater Horizon accident, the Bly Report.
 Contractors carried out 52% of the 357 million hours worked by BP
in 2014.
Group safety performance
In 2014, BP reported three fatalities; a fall from height in the UK, an
incident involving a forklift in Indonesia and an incident that occurred while
working inside a process vessel in Germany. We deeply regret the loss of
these lives.
Personal safety performance
2014 2013 2012
Recordable injury frequency (group)b0.31 0.31 0.35
Day away from work case frequencyc
(group)b 0.081 0.070 0.076
Severe vehicle accident rated0.132 0.120 0.130
b Incidents per 200,000 hours worked.
c Incidents that resulted in an injury where a person is unable to work for a day (shift) or more.
d Number of vehicle incidents that result in death, injury, a spill, a vehicle rollover, or serious
disabling vehicle damage per one million kilometres travelled.
Process safety performance
2014 2013 2012
Tier 1 process safety events★28 20 43
Tier 2 process safety events 95 110 154
Loss of primary containment –
number of all incidentse286 261 292
Loss of primary containment –
number of oil spillsf156 185 204
Number of oil spills to land and water 63 74 102
Volume of oil spilled (thousand litres) 400 724 801
Volume of oil unrecovered
(thousand litres) 155 261 320
e Does not include either small or non-hazardous releases.
f Number of spills greater than or equal to one barrel (159 litres, 42 US gallons).
We report our safety performance using industry metrics including the
American Petroleum Institute (API) RP-754 standard. These include tier 1
process safety events, defined as the loss of primary containment from
a process of greatest consequence – causing harm to a member of the
workforce or costly damage to equipment, or exceeding defined
quantities. Tier 2 process safety events are those of lesser
consequence than tier 1. We take a long-term view on process safety
indicators because the full benefit of the decisions and actions in this area
is not always immediate.
We seek to record all losses of primary containment (LOPC), regardless of
the volume of the release and report on losses over a severity threshold.
These include unplanned or uncontrolled releases from a tank, vessel,
pipe, rail car or equipment used for containment or transfer. Our 2014 data
reflects increases in part due to the introduction of enhanced automated
monitoring for many remote sites in our Lower 48 business.
Our performance in these areas over time suggests that our focus on
safety is having a positive impact. However, we need to continue to
remain vigilant and focused on delivering safe, reliable and compliant
operations.
Managing safety
We are working to continuously improve safety and risk management
across BP. Our operating businesses are responsible for identifying and
managing risks and bringing together people with the right skills and
competencies to address them. They are also required to carry out
self-verification and are subject to independent scrutiny and assurance.
Our safety and operational risk team works alongside our operating
businesses to provide oversight and technical guidance, while members
of our group audit teams visit certain sites, including third-party rigs, to
check how they are managing risks.
We believe we have a positive role to play in shaping
the long-term future of energy.
Safety
We continue to promote deep capability and a safe operating
culture across BP.
Recordable injury frequency
(workforce incidents per 200,000 hours worked)
International Association of Oil & Gas Producers benchmarka
American Petroleum Institute US benchmarka
a API and OGP 2014 data reports are not available until May 2015.
Employees 0.25 0.31 0.26 0.25 0.27
Contractors 0.84 0.41 0.43 0.36 0.34
0.2
0.6
0.4
0.8
1.0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
A safety and health specialist tests a confined space to make sure it’s safe
for entry at the Kwinana refinery in Western Australia.
Process safety events
(number of incidents)
Loss of primary containment
Tier 2Tier 1
100
200
4
00
300
500
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Additional information on our safety, environmental and social
performance is available in our Sustainability Report. See
bp.com/sustainability for case studies, country reports
and an interactive tool for health, safety and environmental data.
★ Defined on page 252. BP Annual Report and Form 20-F 2014
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