TRAINING PACKAGE

#2b: Shift leader / supervisor pack (Contractors and sub-contractors)

LIFE SAVING RULES

WHO DECIDES TO BREAK THE RULES,
DECIDES NOT TO WORK FOR MOL GROUP
 A message from the CEO

The Life Saving Rules set out clear and simple dos and donts covering activities with the
highest potential safety risk and apply to all employees and contractors. The best-performing
companies operate within a simple framework of rules and trust their employees to do the right
thing. Our Life Saving Rules will help us do the same. They are simple, sharp and do what they say
save lives.

As our workers, leaders, managers, supervisors and contractors, Im asking you to make a personal
commitment to the Life Saving Rules too, make sure everyone understands and follows them.
Safety will always be our top priority and this shall be based on respecting each other and our
rules. My message is a simple one - if you choose to violate the rules and do your job the unsafe
way, then you choose not to work for MOL Group. We are determined to save lives.

Jzsef Molnr
MOL Group CEO
 What are the Life Saving Rules?

The Life Saving Rules are basic safety rules for high-risk works where failure to comply with the
rules has the highest potential for serious injury or death. They also highlight simple actions
individuals can take to protect themselves and others.
None of the Life Saving Rules is new, they have already been valid through various legal and
internal regulations.
Most staff already comply every day.
The aim is not to blame employees but to drive a culture of compliance. The focus is on modifying
worker and supervisor behaviours in the workplace by raising awareness.
Compliance is mandatory for everyone, MOL Group, contractor and sub-contractor employees
alike.
Failure to comply will result in disciplinary action.
 What is our goal?

Prevent
serious


injuries
17 fatalities*

NOW Compliance with the LSR GOAL

would have saved many of these lives

*Staff & contractor/sub-contractor employee fatalities 2008-2012

 How were they developed?

Review & analysis of:

MOL Group historical incident data (fatalities, serious or high potential incidents)
OGP recommended practice
Oil & gas industry practice

Criteria applied:
Rules apply to at least 50% of fatal incidents
Rules can be clearly defined and easily understood by staff & contractors
Violation of the rules can be monitored consistently
 Real incidents

Ignition source March 2010

Workforce and contractor personal accidents in the last Contractor employee died in an explosion during a tank cleaning at Csepel
5 years logistics depot in Hungary.

Permit to work June 2012

Workforce and contractor personal accidents in the last Two contractor employees were killed due to asphyxiation by nitrogen at TVK
5 years in Hungary.
!
Gas testing
January 2010
Workforce and contractor personal accidents in the Slovnaft employee drowned in a service shaft at Slovnaft Refinery in Slovakia.
last 5 years

Life Saving PPE February 2012

Workforce and contractor personal accidents in the last Contractor employee fell from the canopy of a Tifon filling station in Croatia
5 years as he attempted to remove snow and suffered fatal injuries.
!
Energy isolation October 2008
Workforce and contractor personal accidents in the last Contractor employee was fatally injured by electric current as he was
5 years measuring electric motor at Slovnaft Refinery in Slovakia.

No alcohol or drugs September 2012

Workforce, contractor and 3rd party personal incidents Third party driver was killed in a road accident with a contractor tank truck at
in the last 5 years Krk in Croatia.
 Consequences of breaching the rules

Rule violators All rule- If the rule For employees of If a supervisor

expose breaking cases violator acted contractors or sets the
themselves or will be intentionally, sub-contractors, conditions for
others to a investigated the maximum this can include rule breaking or
higher risk of thoroughly. appropriate removal from fails to follow
injury or disciplinary site and through if one is
fatality. action will be disqualification broken,
applied. from future appropriate
Company work. disciplinary
action will apply.
 What are the rules?

1. Do not smoke outside designated areas

2. Verify energy is isolated before starting work
3. Obtain and follow a permit to work
4. Use correct lifesaving PPE whenever required
5. Conduct gas tests whenever required
6. Do not carry out work in trenches without effective shoring up
7. Do not remove safety signs or override / disable safety-critical equipment
8. Do not violate safe lifting rules
9. No alcohol or drugs before and during working
10. Comply and intervene
 1. Smoke only at designated areas, do not
use ignition source

As a supervisor / shift lead / foreman, I have to:

Inform personnel about designated smoking areas;
Ensure the permit to work is obtained if hot work is carried out;
Inform personnel about hazards and rules of hot work.
 2. Verify energy isolation before work

As a supervisor / shift lead / foreman, I have to:

Be aware and inform personnel of the hazardous energy sources at the work site;
Confirm all hazardous energy sources have been isolated and isolations are in place, for
example: blinds, fuse locks or valve handle locks;
Confirm no stored energy or other hazards remain;
Confirm that it is safe to start work.
 3. Obtain and follow permit to work

A permit to work must always be obtained prior to starting the following activities and followed
throughout the job*: (1) Confined space entry, (2) Hot work, (3) Critical lifting, (4) Work at height
and/or over water, (5) Ground disturbance, (6) Maintenance works of particularly increased risk
or conditions (e.g. simultaneous operation, work on live high voltage system/equipment, opening
of vessel/equipment with hazardous content, overriding safety critical equipment/system, high
pressure cleaning etc.)

As a supervisor / shift lead / foreman, I have to:

Confirm that the requirements of the permit to work are in place;
Ensure that a watchman is always present when people are in a confined space;
Confirm that gas testing is carried out as per permit to work;
Confirm that it is safe to start to work.
*: This list is to be considered as minimum, further activities may be under permit to work obligation as defined locally. Performing a work
different from what the permit to work was issued for is considered as working without a permit to work.
 4. Use correct lifesaving PPE whenever
required

Personal Protective Equipment termed life saving are personal fall arrest systems and personal
respiratory protection equipment (except dust masks). A personal fall arrest system must be used
when working outside a protective environment with a fall hazard over 2 metres.

As a supervisor / shift lead / foreman, I have to:

Make sure that the specific life saving PPE is available and personnel are trained;
Confirm that suitable anchor points are available if personal fall arrest system is to be used;
Confirm that it is safe to start work at height or in the hazardous or potentially hazardous
atmosphere.
 5. Conduct gas tests whenever required

As a supervisor / shift lead / foreman, I have to:

Confirm that gas testing is carried out by trained personnel as per permit to work;
Ensure that enough calibrated gas detectors are available;
Request more gas tests if necessary to keep the workers safe;
Confirm that it is safe to start work.
 6. Do not carry out work in trenches
without appropriate shoring

As a supervisor / shift lead / foreman, I have to:

Ensure that any pits or trenches deeper than 1.2 metres are sloped or protected by shoring;
Ensure that any pits or trenches deeper than 1.2 metres are considered as confined spaces.
 7. Do not remove safety signs or override
/ disable safety critical equipment

Examples of safety-critical equipment include isolation devices/emergency shut-down valves, lock

out/tag out devices, trip systems, relief valves, fire and gas alarm systems, certain level controls,
alarms, crane computers.

As a supervisor / shift lead / foreman, I have to:

Be aware and inform personnel of the safety-critical equipment in the work place;
Confirm that authorisation of overriding / disabling safety critical equipment does not put the
safety of personnel, asset or the environment to risk;
Ensure necessary temporary control measures are in place when safety critical equipment is
overridden / disabled.
 8. Do not violate safe lifting rules

As a supervisor / shift lead / foreman, I have to:

Ensure a signaller is appointed whenever necessary (eg. blind lifting, critical lifting*);
Make sure the lifting area is secured with tapes or barriers;
Make sure the lifting path is clear;
Ensure that rigging and lifting are both performed by competent persons;
Confirm that proper rigging equipment is used;
Ensure that nobody walks under a suspended load;
Stop lifting in the event of loss of communication.

*: Some lifting activities involve increased hazards (like lifting heavy loads close to crane capacity or over critical technological areas), these are
called critical lifting.
 9. No alcohol or drugs before and during
working

As a supervisor / shift lead / foreman, I have to:

Assign work to people who are fit to work;
Immediately remove people from the work who are under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
 10. Comply and intervene

Keeping the Life Saving Rules will save lives. One who chooses not to keep the Life Saving Rules
chooses not to work for MOL Group.

As a supervisor / shift lead / foreman, I have to:

Provide a safe workplace and assign safe work in line with the Life Saving Rules;
Inspect the Life Saving Rules are followed;
Intervene if somebody violates the Life Saving Rules and apply consequences.
 Your responsibility

Know the Life Ensure and Keep your team Lead through Verify, measure
Saving Rules: verify that your engaged with personal and continuously
purpose; and your sub- the LSR, always example. improve
application; contractors recognize Ensure and compliance.
reporting; personnel have positive verify that the
investigation; been trained. behavior. LSR are applied
consequences. in a fair way.
 Sharing the LSR with your team

Discuss each rule with your team and ask them to relate the Rules to what is important in their
particular work area, e.g. working at height.
Be clear that your expectation is that everyone, including you, will follow the Rules.

Express that involvement of your subordinates in system operation is essential.

Talk about how you will respond in the workplace if team members break a Life Saving Rule.

Be clear: if following a Rule means a job cant be done, find alternative safe solution to
complete the work. Encourage them to stop the work rather than break the Life Saving Rule or
make a shortcut.
 Tips for training the LSR

Familiarize yourself with the rules.

Try to use the slides as help rather than reading from the slide.

Think about the type of questions your team may ask you (and the answers youll give), as well
as how to encourage discussion and engagement.

Put special focus on the reporting and investigation of rule violations, this topic will always be
in the center of attention.

Tell your team how you are living the Rules yourself. What do YOU intend to change? How will
you behave differently?

Explain how you intend to recognize positive behavior.

 How the LSR are violated

SYSTEM or UNINTENTIONAL ERROR DELIBERATE VIOLATION

The person thought it was better for them
Violator did not receive documented training or
Reckless personally to do it that way, e.g. getting a
System error followed instructions, procedures that led to the
contravention longer work break, getting away earlier,
violation.
etc.
This type of error has been made by the Malicious The person committing the violation acted
Routine error employee or group of employees as accepted Contravention or so with intentional negligence of the
way of doing the job. sabotage consequences or to cause harm.
Violator thought it was better for the company
Benign
to do it that way or considered the job could not
contravention
be done if the procedures were followed.
The violator demonstrates poor risk awareness
Poor awareness /
and/or understanding of the impact his/her
understanding
actions have.
Actions that did not proceed as planned, e.g.
Slips and lapses
something was done twice, the wrong way or a
step is forgotten.
 How LSR violations shall be treated

SYSTEM or UNINTENTIONAL ERROR DELIBERATE VIOLATION

No disciplinary consequences are Reckless
System error
applied* contravention
Strictest disciplinary
Malicious consequences are applied
Routine error Contravention or
sabotage
Benign
contravention Progressive disciplinary
consequences are applied
Poor awareness /
understanding
Slips and lapses

*: If no other causes are identified during the investigation. Inadequate instructions, procedures etc. that caused the
violation must be corrected to prevent reoccurrence.
 Reporting of violations
Who can do on-the-site audit?
MOL Group EHS
MOL Group Investment
MOL Group operator (site responsible)

During the audit an Inspection log is created, that is approved and

signed by the representative of the audited firm.

Action Example Action executor

Immediate Expulsion until correction Auditor and site

(suspended work) responsible operator
(eg. until wear the lifesaving
PPE)
Longer term Ban the employee (eg. Contractor owner
proven alcohol
comsumption)
 Investigation of violations

Life Saving Rule violation is reported

1

Investigation team is nominated*

2

Establishing the causes

3

Investigation team recommends consequence*

4

Additional changes to systems, procedures are recommended if

5 necessary

*: Team nomination is necessary only in cases where consequences involve serious consequences, such as contract
termination or as defined locally.
 Disciplinary actions

Contractor / Subcontractor Staff

Failure in
Not Safety Violation of
performing Protection Proven
Smoking out of Energy using/wearing regulations
Working without the prescribed against equipment consumption
the designated isolation the life-saving relevant to
work permit gas collapse is and signs are of alcohol or
smoking area missing protective lifting
concentration missing removed or drug
equipment operations
test(s) missing

10 000
50 000 200 000 50 000 50 000 50 000 200 000 50 000
Penalty amount 200 000 HUF 200 000
HUF/Pers. HUF HUF/Pers. HUF HUF HUF HUF/Pers.
HUF
Expulsion until
correction
(suspended - X X X X X X X -
work)

Ban for 1 year

Ban the Ban for 1 year for
for MOL Group
relevant - - Ban for 1 year for MOL
Group sites.
MOL Group sites
(if the PPE was
sites (if the - - - -
shiftleader equipment was
not ensured).
not ensured).

Ban the relevant

Ban the relevant Ban the
Ban the relevant employees for 1
Ban the employees for 1 relevant
employees for 1 year for MOL
year for MOL employees for
relevant
employees
year for MOL Group
sites.
- - Group sites.
Group sites.
(if the employee
- - - 1 year from
(if the employee MOL Group
not used the
not used the PPE). sites.
equipment).
 Additional help

Visit the Life Saving Rules Contractor Information Site for:

Visuals, handouts (Posters, flyers and training booklet)
Training materials (Manager, Supervisor and Employee packages)
Frequently Asked Questions

Contact your local SD & HSE for any inquiries:

[Name, phone, email]
LIFE SAVING RULES
WHO DECIDES TO BREAK THE RULES,
DECIDES NOT TO WORK FOR MOL GROUP