A report resulting from the G9 Offshore Wind Health and Safety Association (G9)’s first Safe by Design workshop is now available. The report explores a number of key topics associated with the transfer of personnel from a Crew Transfer Vessel to a transition piece (including design of the transfer connector, new designs in access systems,…
SgurrEnergy develops offshore work-at-height guidelines
Renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, in partnership with work-at-height and rescue specialists, heightec, has developed the good practice guideline ‘Working at height in the offshore wind industry’ for the Energy Institute and G9 Offshore Wind Health and Safety Association. The guideline, launched at a G9 event in central London in December, has been developed to reflect…
G9 publishes good practice guidelines for offshore wind safety
The G9 Offshore Wind Health and Safety Association (G9), in partnership with the Energy Institute (EI), has published two good-practice guidelines for offshore wind safety. These were presented to the industry at a Stakeholder Forum in London on 2 December. Available to download from the G9 website, www.g9offshorewind.com, the publications Working at height in the offshore wind…
HSE incident data for offshore wind sector now available
The G9 Offshore Wind Health and Safety Association (G9), supported by the Energy Institute (EI), has published its first annual incident data report. This publication gives a comprehensive insight into the health and safety performance of the G9 members from 35 sites spread across the United Kingdom and Northern Europe. The offshore wind industry has…