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their colleagues are aware that potentially hazardous

operations will be conducted. Colleagues must

unction as saety barriers, and call or interruption

o work when they observe unsae behaviour

or conditions, to prevent such situations rom

developing into accidents.

Through the participation and contribution o the

whole workorce, and open and close collaboration

with customers, sub-contractors and authorities,

we will create proprietary attitudes and achieve

continuous improvement.

accident prevention

We are committed to doing what we can to reduce

risk and to learn the lessons rom things gone wrong.

We believe that transparency is the best orm o

accident prevention. Accidents and undesirable

incidents are reported and ollowed up in a

systematic manner in order to continue the building

o a culture that promotes learning. Saety or

people, the environment and material assets must be

created and re-created every day.

Specifction o provided inormtion

The inormation in this chapter concerns the

managed rig feet, i.e. rigs managed/operated by

Prosae, and excludes the rigs on long-term bareboat

charters.Injuryandsicknessabsencegureshave

been calculated or the continuing operations,

i.e. exclusive business division Floating Production

which was spun o in May 2008.

Prose hs dopted zero mindset phiosoph. This

mens tht we endevour to pursue our businesswith zero ccidents nd inuries, zero ccident

emissions to the ntur environment nd zero

occuption inesses.

Systematic preventive and eective health, saety

and environment (HSE) work is a high-priority line

management responsibility in Prosae. Active and

visible involvement by management is a key actor in

achieving the companys goal o operating without

accidents.

Prosae expects all its managers to lead the way bysetting a good example and acilitating good working

practicesandtheresourcesrequiredtooperate

saely. Managers must show in practice that saety

takes precedence over prots and schedules. Should

a confict arise between operations and saety, the

lattermustalwaysbegivenrstpriority.Nosafety

rules may be broken and no short cuts may be taken

tocompletejobsquickly.

Cretin proprietr ttitudes

We emphasise commitment and participation at

all levels o the organisation in order to ensure that

all employees perorm their work in a sae manner,

contributing actively to reducing risk and taking

action when undesirable conditions are observed.

We want our company to be associated with a

proactive HSE culture and with human relations

characterised by respect, trust and concern or

others. We demand that employees take the time

needed to evaluate risk in their work and ensure that

A zero mindset philosophy

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Reducing sickness absence is signicant to the well-

being o the individual employee, and also has a

positive nancial eect on the company and society

as a whole.

Prosae endeavours to oer its employees a good

and sae working environment in physical and

psychosocial terms. All employees should have a

goodbalancebetweenworkrequirements,individual

opportunity or control and participation, and

support rom colleagues and managers.

Itisourobjectivethatnobodyshouldsuerwork-

relatedillnessesorstraininjuriesasaconsequence

o working or Prosae.

Sickness absence has been relatively low in recent

years, but ended up at 3.6 per cent in 2008, as

compared to 2.3 per cent in 2007. This increase is

mainly due to a higher number o people on long-

term sick leave in 2008.

Occupational health and working environment

SICKNESS aBSENCE 2004-2008 (PER CENT)

We monitor all sickness absence closely, and seek

occupational health guidance and intervention at an

early stage during any work-related sickness absence.

We also take steps to enable employees to return to

work on light duties, either in the oce or on shorter

vessel trips to re-assimilate the employees return to

work.

Special attention is paid to employees exposed to

certain hazards such as high noise environments,

exposure to chemicals and other conditions that

may be harmul to health. We carry out regularoccupational health assessments or these risks.

We believe that a good working environment and

a close ollow-up o employees on sick-leave are

prerequisitesforachievingthelowestpossible

sickness absence rate.

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4.5

4

3.5

3

2.5

2

1.5

1

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02004 2005 2006 2007 2008

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Set is one o Proses core vues. We ook upon

the obective o zero incidents s o to work

towrds nd s w o thinkin, nd re committed

to workin ctive to void inuries nd ccidents.

In2008,Prosaferecordedeightincidentsrequiring

medical treatment. Three o the incidents were

classiedasLostTimeInjuries(LTIs),whichmeans

the employees were absent rom the next work shit

becauseoftheinjury.Noneoftheincidentshadlong-

termconsequences.

TheLTIfrequencyiscalculatedbymultiplyingthe

number o LTIs by 1 million and dividing this by the

total number o man-hours worked. This resulted in

anLTIfrequencyof3.3,anincreasefrom2.6in2007.

Theinjuryfrequency,whichexpressesthenumberof

personalinjuriespermillionworkinghours,was8.8,

which is a slight increase rom 2007, when it was 7.7.

Allinjuriesandseriousincidentsareunacceptable

toProsafe,andtheyarethereforesubjectto

extensive in-house investigation to identiy causes

and introduce risk-reducing measures aimed

at preventing recurrence. The ndings o these

investigations are conveyed to the rest o the

organisation to ensure transer o experience. These

are important measures or reaching the companys

goalofzeroinjuries.

Continuous instiin set wreness

Prosae wants to instil a zero mindset in its

employees and sub-contractors. In order to achieve

this, a number o management tools are included

within the companys Integrated Management

System:

Safety

- Vessel inductions or all personnel visiting our

vessels.

- Worksite monitoring to ensure that sae working

practices and conditions are in place.

- Saety tours to identiy risks to persons, detect

nonconormities as regards health, saety and

environmental protection standards, and to

encourage all crew members to keep a high ocus

on saety at all times.

- Weekly accommodation inspections covering all

aspects o accommodation and ood hygiene.

- Permit to work audits to ensure that health,saety and environmental standards are

maintained through compliance with the permit

to work system.

- Saety observation system cards to provide both

positive and negative eedback to the shipboard

management.

Preventive work is important, and eorts to

strengthen the organisations saety culture

were urther intensied in 2008. Initiatives taken

comprised eorts aimed at increasing crew

involvement, and campaigns addressing trips, slipsandfalls,whichareamajorcauseofinjuries.

Furthermore, we held two Saety Days, both attended

by over 100 managers and employees. By bringing

people together, they can share resources and best

practices and develop stronger relationships to the

benet o the company as a whole. By continuously

instilling saety awareness, we will achieve a real

and lasting shit in mindset that will result in an

improved saety perormance.

Exceent resuts re ttinbe

Throughoperatingforlongperiodswithoutinjuries,

some o our rig operations have demonstrated

that excellent saety results are attainable. This

demonstrates that the zero mindset is achievable,

and provides motivation. We use best practices

across the group as examples to ensure transer o

experience within HSE training.

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NUMBER O DayS SINCE laST lOST-TIME INjURy OR RIgS OPERaTED/MaNagED By PROSaE

(as o 31 December 2008)

Safe Astoria 942

Safe Scandinavia 839

MSV Regalia 325

Safe Bristolia 274

Safe Caledonia 205

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

lOST TIME INjURy REqUENCy (H1) 2004 - 2008

INjURy REqUENCy (H2) 2004 - 2008

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

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30

25

20

15

10

5

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Cre or the environment is one o our core vues,

nd orms n inter prt o our business pnnin.Our o is zero ccident dischres to the se nd

zero ccident emissions to the ir, in ine with our

principes or sustinbe deveopment.

Environmental management is at the core o our

Integrated Management System. By integrating

environmental considerations in our risk

assessments, we endeavour to minimise the impact

o our day-to-day operations on the environment.

We produce Environmental Impact Assessments

or each o the rigs that we manage/operate. The

assessments take into account the mode o operation

o the vessel together with generic geographical

considerations. Local assessments are typically

perormed with our clients who will usually be

operating under the terms o an Operators Permit.

Moreover, we cooperate actively with customers

and suppliers to set in-house goals, make

continuous improvements to our own routines and

Environment

shape attitudes towards protecting the natural

environment rom pollution by our operations. All

accidental discharges and emissions are reported and

followedupinthesamewayasinjuriesandmaterial

damage.

Reducin our ecooic ootprint

We are actively seeking solutions to improve our

environmental perormance and reduce emissions

in order to urther reduce our impact upon the

environment.

Our rigs have International Air Pollution Prevention

(IAPP) certicates, International Oil Pollution

Prevention (IOPP) certicates and International

Sewage Pollution Prevention (ISPP) certicates. These

certicates are all issued under the International

Convention or the Prevention o Pollution rom Ships

(MARPOL)andaresubjecttoperiodicsurvey.

We have traditionally measured oil spills and

chemical spills to sea. Prosae had no accidental

discharges to the natural environment in 2008, which

is wholly in line with our target.

In 2008, we calculated the emissions o CO2,CO,NOx,

SO2, CH4 and VOC or the managed feet, based on

the feets diesel consumption. Going orward, we will

gradually implement new technology and reurbish

equipmentinordertoreducetheseemissionsover

time.

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THE CalCUlaTED EMISSION DaTa OR RIgS OPERaTED/

MaNagED By PROSaE:

Ccuted tot (tonnes)

Consumed diesel 20 700

CO2 66 200

CO 300

NOx 1300

SO2 120

CH4 3

VOC 40

ciittin improvement over time

Prosae includes environmental considerations when

reurbishing and upgrading its rig feet. An example

o this is the MSV Regalia, which is in the yard

untilMay2009foramajorrefurbishmentandlife

extensionproject.

MSV Regalia has operated throughout her lie

utilising dynamic positioning (DP) to maintain

station.Inordertosatisfyredundancyrequirements

or power and propulsion, her engines have reached

a near unprecedented level o running hours, whichagainhasresultedinquitehighemissions.Rigsthat

are maintaining station by moorings, such as the Safe

Scandinavia,canoperateonapproximatelyaquarter

oftherequiredpower/fuelrequirementsbecause

theirbasepowerrequirementislimitedtothehotel

services.

During the yard stay, MSV Regalias engines will be

reurbished in order to address the vessels emissions.

We estimate that this will result in a reduction in

NOxemissionsintherangeof40to50percent

in uture operations. Moreover, we also expect a

reduction in the emission o CO2, CO, SO2, CH4 and

VOC. In addition, there will be a slight reduction in

uel consumption and a greater reduction in Lub

oil consumption. Once MSV Regalia commences

operations ater the completed reurbishment

project,wewillbeabletoprovidemeasured

reductions o all emissions.

Wste mnementEach rig has a waste management plan. The plan

includes assessments o all potential waste products

originatingonboardtogetherwiththerequirements

or waste segregation or transportation ashore.

Bst wter

Ballast water management or our rigs is controlled

within the connes o the International Maritime

Organisation (IMO) regulation.

Dischre o sewe

The discharge o sewage is controlled within theconnes o IMO regulation. All vessels within the

eethavebeensubjecttoInternationalSewage

Pollution Prevention (ISPP) surveys and have been

issued certication in accordance with MARPOL

Annex IV by the relevant Flag, with the exception o

MSV Regalia. The ISPP certication o MSV Regalia

was deerred until completion o the reurbishment

period.

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Prose is committed to chievin nd mintinin

the hihest stndrds o uit in its opertions.

Documented processes, systems and reviews orm

thebasisofthecompanysqualitysystems.Through

ISO and International Saety Management (ISM)standards,wemaintainanup-to-datequality

management system with an Integrated Saety and

Environmental Management System.

Thecompanysqualitymanagementsystemsare

certiedtotheinternationalISO9001quality

standard. Prosae was re-certied to the new

process-oriented ISO 9001:2000 standard in 2005.

Saety management systems or the rig feet are

approved to the ISM code. Our accommodation rigs

have been certied to the International Ship andPort Facility Security (ISPS) code. The company was

not served enorcement notices by any regulatory

authority during 2008.

Prosaes rigs have International Air Pollution

Prevention (IAPP) certicates, International

Oil Pollution Prevention (IOPP) certicates and

International Sewage Pollution Prevention (ISPP)

certicates, all issued under MARPOL. These

certicatesaresubjecttoperiodicsurveys.

Safe Scandinavia was the rst foating

accommodation unit ever to be awarded an

Acknowledgment o Compliance (AoC) by Petroleum

SafetyAuthorityNorway(PSA)in2007.TheAoC

isrequiredforoperationsontheNorwegian

Continental Shel, and refects that the rigs technical

condition and the companys organisation and

management systems are in compliance with

relevantrequirementsinNorwegianshelflegislation.

Quality assurance

In connection with the reurbishment o MSV Regalia,

Prosafewillcarryoutthenecessaryadjustments

inordertomeetPSAsrequirements.Wewillinthe

course o 2009 apply or an AoC or MSV Regalia.

Suppier oow-up

Prosae ensures that its contractors operate

management systems compatible with those

implemented by the company itsel. In addition,

interacing o contractors and Prosaes activities

and management systems is achieved through the

development and agreement o specic interacedocumentation.

Prosaes system or sub-contractor administration

shall ensure:

- Selection o sub-contractors based upon (amongst

other considerations) an assessment o their

health, saety and environmental policies,

procedures and perormance commensurate with

the risks associated with services to be provided.

- Agreementoftheperformanceobjectivesand

standards to be achieved, including those

pertaining to health, saety, security and theenvironment.

- Preparation o health, saety and environmental

interace documentation detailing the roles,

responsibilities and procedures to be ollowed or

the duration o the contact.

- Verication by Prosae that sub-contractor

personnel are competent to undertake the work.

- Methods or monitoring and assessing sub-

contractor perormance against agreed health,

safetyandenvironmentalperformanceobjectives

and criteria.

Sub-contractorsaresubjecttothesamestandardsas

used by Prosae within its Integrated Management

System.

Mechanisms to ensure that dened standards are

met, shall be as dened within any agreed interace

documentation. In addition, through active and

reactive monitoring and sub-contractor audits,

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Prosae will review and veriy that such standards

andrequirementsaremet.

audits

Prosae measures achievement o continuous

improvement through internal audits and external/

third-party audits. We also use the audits as tools

to ensure that our procedures and management

systems are properly implemented and observed.

A total o 26 audits were carried out in 2008,

including ten by certication bodies and two bycustomers.Nomajornon-conformancesfromthe

companysqualitysystemswereidentied.

Continenc pns

Prosae has established contingency plans to limit

harm to people, the environment and material

assets. These plans will also ensure that correct,

Defnitions

Lost-timeinjury(LTI):Occupationalinjurywhichcausesanemployeetobeabsentfromworkforonecomplete

shit, i.e. 12 hours.

Personalinjury/non-LTI:OccupationalinjurywhichisnotclassiedasanLTI,butwhichrequiresthattheem-

ployee receives medical treatment.

Exposure hours: Total hours worked, based oshore on a 12-hour shit.

LTIfrequency=[noofLTIsx1000000]/[exposurehours]

Injuryfrequency=[(LTIs+non-LTIs)x1000000]/[exposurehours]

Serious incident: Accident or incident with the potential to cause:

1) atality

2)life-threateninginjury

3) material damage worth more than USD 250 000

4) res or explosions

5) oil spills greater than 50 barrels

6) chemical spills

relevant and timely inormation is provided to the

outsideworldifandwhenrequired.

We carry out regular emergency response exercises

in cooperation with our customers and third parties

to ensure that we are as well prepared as possible to

deal with a possible crisis.

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