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    National Notices to Lessees and Operators (NTLs)
 

Reporting Element Definitions

Form MMS-131 Performance Measures Data

1. Production Operations Employees’ (Company and Contractor) Recordable and Lost Time Injuries/Illnesses

1.1

Recordable Injuries/Illnesses: This value includes all company and contractor recordable injuries and illnesses using the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Record Keeping Guidelines for Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, September 1986 edition (or latest edition) from January 1 through December 31 for all production (i.e., production, wireline, maintenance, associated transportation, associated catering) operations employees that are assigned to the operator’s OCS locations. It also includes restricted activity cases that are associated with no-days-away-from-work incidents. Transportation of personnel (e.g., helicopter, boat) injuries and illnesses incurred while supporting OCS activities should be included regardless of the occurrence location (e.g., shore base, OCS, transit). If transportation services are shared between OCS operators and others, only appropriate injuries and illnesses (i.e., those for which the operator is accountable) should be included with the operator’s records. Office staff and management who are located onshore should not be included unless the company has an established process to include only the time they spend offshore and any associated offshore injury/illness.

1.2 Lost Time Injuries/Illnesses: This value is the number of production operations employee (company and contractor) injuries and illnesses on the OCS for which there were lost workdays as defined by BLS guidelines on the OSHA 200 log (or latest edition). It includes injuries and illnesses involving both days away from work and restricted duty situations.

2. Drilling Operations Employees’ (Company and Contractor) Total Recordable and Lost Time Injuries/Illnesses

2.1

Recordable Injuries/Illnesses: This value includes all company and contractor OSHA recordable injuries and illnesses using the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Record Keeping Guidelines for Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, September 1986 edition (or latest edition) from January 1 through December 31 for all drilling (i.e., exploration, development and production) operations employees (includes drilling, well workover/completion/service, plugging and abandonment, maintenance, associated transportation, associated catering, diving, etc.) that are assigned to the operator’s OCS locations. It also includes restricted activity cases that are associated with no-days-away-from-work incidents. Transportation of personnel (e.g., helicopters, boats) injuries and illnesses incurred while supporting OCS activities should be included regardless of the occurrence location (e.g., shore base, OCS, transit). If transportation services are shared between OCS operators and others, only appropriate injuries and illnesses (i.e., those for which the operator is accountable) should be included with the operator’s records. Office staff and management who are located onshore should not be included unless the company has an established process to include only the time they spend offshore and any associated offshore injury/illness.

2.2 Lost Time Injuries/Illnesses: This value is the number of injuries and illnesses for which there were lost workdays as defined by BLS guidelines for drilling (i.e., exploration, development, and production) employees who are assigned to the operator’s OCS locations. Includes injuries and illnesses with both days away from work and restricted duty.

3. Construction Operations Employees’ (Company and Contractor) Total Recordable and Lost Time Injuries/Illnesses

3.1

Recordable Injuries/Illnesses: This value includes all company and contractor recordable injuries and illnesses using the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Record Keeping Guidelines for Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, September 1986 edition (or latest edition) from January 1 through December 31 for construction operations employees (includes offshore construction, piping, platform structural modifications, major equipment additions, pipelines, major painting activities, platform installations and decommissioning, maintenance, associated transportation, associated catering, diving, etc.) that are assigned to the operator’s OCS locations. These activities are usually directed by a construction inspector or supervisor and are larger projects, in most cases. It also includes restricted activity cases that are associated with no-days-away-from-work incidents. Transportation of personnel (e.g., helicopters, boats) injuries and illnesses incurred while supporting OCS activities should be included regardless of occurrence location (i.e., OCS, shore base, transit). If transportation services are shared between OCS operators or others, only appropriate injuries and illnesses (those for which the operator is accountable) should be included with the operator’s records. Office staff and management who are located onshore should not be included unless the company has an established process to include only the time they spend offshore and any associated offshore injury/illness.

3.2 Lost Time Injuries/Illnesses: This value is the number of injuries and illnesses for which there were lost workdays as defined per BLS guidelines on the OSHA 200 log (or latest edition) for construction operations employees who are assigned to the operator’s OCS locations. Includes injuries and illnesses with both days away from work and restricted duty.

4. Production, Drilling, or Construction Employee Hours Worked
This value is the number of actual hours worked during the calendar year on the OCS by those production, drilling, or construction operations employees (i.e., company and contractor employees) assigned to an operator’s OCS locations. Transportation employee hours worked should include all time worked regardless of location (excluding office staff and management), but allocated among operators if the services are shared. Do not include hours for which the employee is off-work or sleeping. Therefore, record 24 hours only in the unusual event that an employee works through a full day.

5. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Noncompliances
This value is the same number of noncompliances from OCS leases as reported to the EPA on an annual Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR). For companies that submit DMRs to EPA on a monthly basis, this value is the number of noncompliances from OCS leases that occurred in the calendar year being reported.

6. Oil Spills: Number and Volume Of Oil Spills <1 Barrel

6.1 Number of spills: This value is the annual calendar-year total number of oil spills of less than 1 barrel from production, construction, and drilling-related operations on the OCS. It includes lessee spills and contractor spills directly involved in supporting lessee’s operations. It includes spills from (1) pipelines within the facility where operator had/should have had containment, and (2) pipeline company-owned pipelines, operated by the facility. It does not include sightings, shipping-related incidents such as non-lease-related shipping spills, hazardous substance spills, or NPDES-related spills or sheens.

6.2 Volume of spills: This value is the total volume of spills from 6.1.

Last Updated: 09/17/2010, 05:09 PM Central Time