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Making industry safer, one job at a time
18/6/2025
8 min read
Feature
The latest Incident Data Report published by G+ last week demonstrates the value of reporting incidents both for individuals and companies working both in offshore wind and in other industries. As important as it is, other Energy Institute resources such as Toolbox can prove equally instructive, Senior Editor Will Dalrymple learned when he spoke with Siemens Gamesa’s Graeme Paterson.
Last week, offshore wind industry safety body G+ published its 2024 Incident Data Report, its 12th. Commenting on the report, G+ Chair and Senior Vice President QHSE at Ørsted, Lisbeth Frømling said: ‘Transparency and learning from our shared data are at the heart of G+’s mission to drive continuous improvement in health and safety.’
The report captures a snapshot in time of the growing industry. The working hours included in its combined dataset was up more than a quarter over the previous year, to nearly 80 million hours, and for the first time including data from Finland and India.
While the vast scope of such a report might overwhelm an individual, for years there has been a more down-to-earth way of collecting and sharing experiences in the energy industry. It’s one that appeals to our love of stories of other people’s experiences, good or bad.