Preventing incidents and injuries across the energy industry

Step Change in Safety is a member-led organisation which works to prevent incidents and injuries across the energy industry through active leadership, member collaboration and workforce engagement.

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Prevention of Major Accidents

A good understanding of MAHs is key to maintaining safe operations. How these hazards are managed can help prevent major incidents and ultimately save lives.

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Prevention of Personal Injury

By understanding hazards at site, the harm they cause can cause us, and how we can control them can prevent injuries to ourselves and colleagues.

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Safe Lifting, Working at Height and Preventing Dropped Objects

Thorough planning & hazard identification for lifting operations, working at height, & preventing potential dropped objects allows hazards to be safely managed.

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Wellbeing and Work Environment

Managing our physical and mental wellbeing, and the hazards associated with our work environment, is essential to keeping us safe in the short and longer terms.

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About Us

Playing Our Part in the energy industry since 1997

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Prevention
of Major Accidents

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Prevention
of Personal Injury

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Safe Lifting, Working at Height
and Preventing Dropped Objects

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Wellbeing
and Work Environment

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Guidance & Reports
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MSF Statistics Report 2025

A concise overview of Marine Safety Forum member safety statistics, highlighting key trends across lagging and leading indicators, incident causes, safety observations and areas for continued industry learning and improvement.

Learning Packs
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Performance Influencing Factors (PIFs) Pack

A flexible, ready-to-use resource pack for standalone learning or structured training, helping organisations strengthen human performance, improve safety culture, and support safer decision-making in high-hazard environments.

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Hearing Preservation Pack

A practical, ready-to-use hearing preservation resource pack with guidance, briefing materials and engaging tools to help teams recognise risk, apply effective controls and use hearing protection correctly.

Latest Alerts & Learnings

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Safer Together: Fire whilst servicing a well

During a workover, tubing was Pulling Out Of Hole (POOH) ‘wet’ using a mud bucket draining to the cellar. After 12 joints, ignition occurred. Fire spread to the cellar. The Emergency Shutdown (ESD) was activated and the crew were mustered. The fire was extinguished shortly after using handheld extin…

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Fall from height during transfer and delayed rescue due to medical fitness and recovery limitations

Who could be interested in this?• Marine and offshore personnel involved in transfer operations• Vessel crews and marine coordinators • Offshore installation and windfarm personnel • Occupational health professionals • Safety advisors and duty holders responsible for fitness-to-work standardsWhat is…

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Competence matters: Incorrect installation of batteries on a scissor lift (MEWP)

A member company recently supplied replacement batteries for an ageing Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP) scissor lift at a university site. The company also provided a quotation to carry out the installation of the batteries – this was declined as the customer advised they had an in-house person…

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