Operations notices, safety alerts and safety notices

Operations notices

Operations Notices are intended to advise the offshore industry of new regulatory requirements, contact points within the Energy Division for communications (eg accident/incident reporting) and of other Government requirements with respect to offshore operations which may have safety implications.

No.	Title	Issue date
1	Offshore crane boom hoist rope failures	Jan 22
4	Radioactive substances regulation	Jan 23
6	Reporting of offshore installation movements	Aug 22
11	Reporting of safety zone infringements	Apr 21
30	Reporting of oil and gas incidents	Jan 23
34	Notification of offshore site radiography	Jan 23
39	Offshore installations and pipeline works (management and administration) regulations 1995 guidance on identification of offshore installations	Feb 19
42	Offshore development areas	Nov 22
54	Establishment of safety zones for sub-sea installations	Nov 22
58	Dangerous substances and explosive atmospheres regulations 2002	Jan 03
59	The equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres regulations 1996	Jan 03
61	Management of collision risk - Radio communication between offshore installations, their standby vessels and merchant ships	Apr 03
63	A guide to the equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres regulations 1996	Dec 03
64	The misuse of drugs regulations 2001: supply and possession of controlled drugs offshore	Jan 04
76	Guidance on the mixing of icing inhibitors to helicopter fuel offshore	Nov 08
77	Offshore accommodation standards - men and women sharing cabins	Mar 21
78	CAP 437 6th Edition : Offshore helicopter landing areas – Guidance on standards	Jan 09
80	Application of health and safety law to "walk to work" vessels	Feb 14
82	Guidance on the provision of accommodation on offshore installations	Aug 22
84	Operations Notice 84 - SCR2015 and SCR2005: The Dual Regime, Differences in Terminology and Interpretation, and Impact on Guidance Material	Sep 22
85	Policy for drug and alcohol testing for OMAR inspectors	Nov 21

Safety alerts

No.	Title	Issue date
Safety Alert 01/06	Catastrophic failure of shell and tube production cooler	May 06
Safety Alert 01/08	Flare system impaired by cooling water loss through bursting disc failure on an Intercooler Heat Exchanger	October 08

Safety notices

No.	Title	Issue date
1/04	The maintenance and thorough examination of braking systems on offshore cranes	Apr 04
4/04	Hydrocarbon releases: consideration of acute health effects	Nov 04
2/05	'Single line components' in the hoisting and braking systems of offshore cranes	Feb 05
4/05	Weldless repair of safety critical piping systems	July 05
6/05	Testing of HVAC dampers	Sept 05
11/05	Potential catastrophic failure of pressure-balanced cage-guided control valves and chokes	Nov 05
01/06	Ensuring adequate safety during davit lifeboat drills, testing and maintenance on UK offshore installations	Jan 06
02/06	Interlocks for drill floor machinery	Dec 06
01/09	Explosion protected electrical heaters	Jan 09

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This guidance is issued by the Health and Safety Executive. Following the guidance is not compulsory and you are free to take other action. But if you do follow the guidance you will normally be doing enough to comply with the law. Health and safety inspectors seek to secure compliance with the law and may refer to this guidance as illustrating good practice.