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Final Report Released On: April 20, 2016
2010-10-I-OS-13
Further enhance the qualifications, professional competency, and diversity of BSEE staff to implement major accident prevention programs by:
a. Continuing efforts to enhance recruiting and retention of sufficient staff with a diversity of expertise, professional backgrounds and skill sets, such that BSEE has staff competencies in a variety of safety-critical and technical areas, including petroleum, chemical, and mechanical engineering; human and organizational factors; well design and control; and process safety, as well as those with industry experience to perform an even more expanded mission as envisioned in this report;
b. Retaining the services of a human resources consulting firm to complement BSEE’s efforts to date on human capital management and workforce planning issues, in light of documented difficulties in recruiting and retaining necessary staff, including the development of a plan with respect to large numbers of retirements facing the agency in the coming decade, as well as a compensation analysis (and a plan for subsequent periodic market analyses and benchmarking) to ensure BSEE remains competitive with other employers in the offshore industry. Augment the agency’s compensation system as necessary to enable BSEE to attract and retain the level of staffing needed to perform BSEE’s mission.
c. Continuing to assess, expand, and improve ongoing BSEE training programs for new hires to provide all employees with robust skill sets, including appropriate technical training as well as interpersonal skills such as communications, negotiation and advocacy.
If funding, legislative authority, or other approvals are required to implement the recommended regulatory provisions in Recommendation R11 – R13, the Secretary of the Interior shall seek such authority from Congress or expedited hiring authority from the Office of Personnel Management.
Status:
Closed - Acceptable Alternative Action
Closed - Acceptable Alternative Action (C - AAA)
Recommendation Status Change Summary
2010-10-I-OS-14
Expand the offshore safety regulatory program that collects, tracks, and analyzes safety performance indicators from industry to further influence industry efforts in reducing major accident risks to ALARP. At a minimum, this program shall:
a. Require the reporting of safety indicator data by all responsible parties, as defined in R11(a);
b. Emphasize the greater preventive value of using leading indicators to actively monitor the health and performance of major accident safety barriers and the management systems meant to ensure their effectiveness, and work with industry to develop leading indicators that are measurable, actionable, normalized across industry, and that occur with sufficient frequency to allow for meaningful trending and analysis at the facility and corporate levels;
c. Augment current reporting requirements to include leading safety performance indicators;
d. Use the safety performance indicator data to:
1. identify industrywide, companywide, and facility-specific safety trends and deficiencies;
2. set annual process safety goals or targets for the industry, company and/or facility, as appropriate, based upon those identified safety trends and deficiencies;
3. issue, at a minimum, annual reports that publicly communicate those trends, deficiencies, targets, and goals; and
4. determine future appropriate allocations of BSEE resources and the prioritization of BSEE inspections;
e. Include use of significant lagging indicators data (including those already mandated by 30 C.F.R. 250.188(a) and (b), such as major events like explosions, fires, gas releases, fatalities, INCs) as qualification criteria in the lease-approval and permit-to-drill decision-making processes by the regulator.
Status:
Closed - Acceptable Alternative Action
Closed - Acceptable Alternative Action (C - AAA)
Recommendation Status Change Summary