Topic
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Work-related psychological health and wellbeing.
Documents
- 202615 May
Preventing sexual harassment in the offshore energy industry guidance note
Guidance for offshore petroleum duty holders on preventing and responding to sexual harassment as a psychosocial hazard. It addresses legal duties, worker consultation, proactive hazard identification, documented risk assessment, work design and leadership. Reporting privacy, investigation arrangements, worker support and review of prevention measures are also discussed.
- 202510 Dec
Psychosocial risk management guidance note
Guidance for offshore petroleum duty holders on managing psychosocial hazards and meeting health and safety obligations. It explains individual, job and organisational risks, their effects on human performance, assessment methods, and promotion, prevention, intervention and mitigation measures. Periodic review and a practical workload-management example illustrate reducing risk to ALARP.
- 2025Dec
Health Safety Insight 2025
Annual review of UK offshore energy health and safety, centred on 2024 performance with historical comparisons. It examines hydrocarbon releases, maintenance backlogs, injury trends, medical assessment outcomes and evacuations, including mental health. Offshore aviation analysis covers fleet utilisation, helicopter safety indicators and the inclusion of wind operations.
- 202525 Nov
Safety management system guidance note
Guidance on integrating safety management systems with the offshore petroleum safety-case regime. It addresses control effectiveness, workforce competence, work authorisation, change management and continual improvement. Performance standards, monitoring and review underpin assurance, alongside organisational commitment and management of both major accident and occupational risks, including psychosocial hazards.
- 202531 Oct
APS employee census report for 2025
NOPSEMA’s employee census highlights summarise staff views on engagement, leadership, communication, innovation, wellbeing and employment conditions. Results compare with 2024 and other APS agencies. The report also examines unacceptable behaviour and retention, explains rounding and anonymity safeguards, and offers prompts for prioritising local improvement actions.
- 2023
CHIRP Annual Digest 2023
An annual compilation of confidential maritime incident reports and analytical articles covering shipping, commercial fishing, ports and superyachts. Case commentaries examine navigation, mooring, lifting, equipment failures and enclosed-space entry. Wider discussions address safety culture, communication, seafarer wellbeing and fatigue, including an indicative watchkeeper fatigue assessment tool.
- 2022Aug
Guidance on the provision of accommodation on offshore installations
HSE guidance explains offshore accommodation requirements, covering bed design, cabin space, privacy and overcrowding. It sets conditions for temporary 2+1 occupancy and welfare impact assessments, alongside safety-case changes and workforce consultation. Separate provisions address accommodation support vessels and planned or unplanned overnight stays on normally unattended installations.
- 20216 May
CHIRP Maritime – Annual digest for 2020
This safety flash introduces CHIRP Maritime’s 2020 annual digest and explains its independent, confidential reporting approach and dissemination of disidentified safety information. It outlines the digest’s subject areas and highlights an article examining the psychological effects on seafarers unable to return home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- 2021
CHIRP Annual Digest 2021
This annual maritime digest combines confidential incident reports with specialist insights into human performance and seafarer wellbeing. Cases examine pilot boarding, mooring, propulsion failures, fires and maintenance. Commentary discusses fatigue management, risk assessment and communication, alongside trauma-informed interviewing and confidential reporting arrangements.
- 2009Sep
Management of occupational health risks in the offshore oil and gas industry
Guidance on preventing occupational ill health in offshore oil and gas work through systematic hazard identification, exposure assessment and control selection. It integrates health into installation safety management, addresses psychosocial pressures, and explains control hierarchies, exposure monitoring, health surveillance and continuing assessment review.
- Undated
Online Showcase Sustainable Weight Management
Showcase slides present weight-management programmes for offshore personnel alongside OEUK weight-limit certification requirements. Providers describe football competitions, inclusive activity platforms, voluntary crew challenges, digital habit support, individual coaching and clinical services. Presentations address offshore working conditions, psychological wellbeing, sustainable habits and weight maintenance, with selected programme results.
- Undated
Shadow Fleet guide- English
Practical guidance for seafarers, families and crewing companies on recognising shadow-fleet vessels and reducing recruitment risks. It covers sanctions checks, ownership and insurance verification, safety and welfare consequences, discreet action for those already aboard, and family communication arrangements, with sources of support.