Offshore Oil and Gas Accident Statistics UK: HSE Figures
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HSE recorded no fatal injuries and 107 non-fatal injuries in its UK offshore statistics for 2024. The same report records 180 dangerous occurrences and 92 hydrocarbon releases, which use different reporting definitions.

STATISTICS

Fatal injuries: 0
2024 provisional | HSE UK offshore coverage
Covered offshore operations

Non-fatal injuries: 107
2024 provisional | HSE UK offshore coverage
12 specified; 95 over-seven-day injuries

Reported injury rate: 462 per 100,000 FTE
2024 provisional | HSE UK offshore coverage
Not directly comparable with other industry rates

Dangerous occurrences: 180
2024 provisional | HSE UK offshore coverage
RIDDOR reports

Hydrocarbon releases: 92
2024 provisional | HSE UK offshore coverage
57 RIDDOR; 35 only Offshore Directive reporting

COVERAGE
HSE’s annual offshore report covers calendar 2024, published September 2025. Latest-year figures are provisional. It covers offshore operations and excludes most journeys to or between installations by sea or air.

USING THESE STATISTICS
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SOURCES
1. HSE — Offshore Statistics and Regulatory Activity Report 2024
https://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/assets/docs/hsr2024.pdf

2. HSE — Offshore statistics publication index
https://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/statistics.htm

3. HSE — Risk of collision between offshore installations and attendant vessels, ED01-2025
https://www.hse.gov.uk/safetybulletins/risk-collision-offshore-installations-attendant-vessels.htm

4. HSE — Offshore health and safety law
https://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/law.htm

5. HSE and OPRED — Offshore Major Accident Regulator guidance
https://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/omar/guidance.htm

6. UK Parliament — Piper Alpha disaster debate
https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2013-07-11/debates/13071159000003/PiperAlphaDisaster

7. HSE — Human factors: shift handover
https://www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/topics/shift-handover.htm