Page 21 - RSB Annual Report 2019 English Final

We continued to collect reports on operational data and health and safety performance from licensees where applicable. As more generators come onto the system and report their performance, we will be in an increasingly better position to gauge and report industry performance in both health and safety and operational terms. We request health and safety key performance indicators from those licensees who have started operating their plant. These include the number of: • near misses: unplanned, undesired events that have the potential to cause injury, damage or loss to a person but do not do so, • lost time injuries (LTI): incidents that result in a person being unable to work on the subsequent working day, • serious injuries: incidents that result in permanent partial or total disability or the loss of a limb, • Fatalities: incidents that result in loss of life. Operational plant contributed 1,340GWh of clean energy or 2.9% of the grid’s total requirement of 46,704GWh, up from 1.9% in 2018. Our licensees’ operational plant reported no LTIs or more serious incidents in 2019 across 215 staff and 557,322 man-hours. They reported just two near misses. Whilst this figure is, on the face of it, impressive, it may also reflect a tendency to under-record near misses, which are an important indicator, not just of good health and safety practices but also a culture of identifying hazardous conditions and behaviour. 215 staff 557,322 man-hours 2 near misses Last year the RSB reported some changes to the IWPP Code and Renewables Standards resulting from a 2018 study, mainly related to enhancing consistency and harmony within the documents and adding cyber security requirements. These changes were approved by the RSB Board and reflected in the code and standards in May. Another extensive review of the IWPP Code took place in 2019, where the RSB, DEWA and specialised technical and legal consultants looked into the code’s applicability to independent water producers employing reverse osmosis desalination technology. The proposed enhancements were due to be approved and published early 2020. Annual Report 2019 1400 1200 900 600 300 2.9% 1.9% 0 2018 2019 Figure 3 RSB 21 Contribution of licensees 878 GWh 1340 GWh % from Grid Requirement