Norwegian major Equinor released its safety report for 2024, which showed improvement punctuated with tragedy. The year was marked by a helicopter accident that occurred outside Bergen, Norway, on 28 February, in which an Equinor employee lost her life.
“This was a tragic accident that has deeply affected us,” said Jannicke Nilsson, Equinor’s executive vice president for safety, security and sustainability. “It is crucial that we continue the work to continuously improve safety in our industry.”
Equinor’s 2024 safety results show an overall positive trend at the end of the year (Fig. 1).
For the fourth quarter of 2024, the serious incident frequency per million hours worked was 0.3, down from 0.4 at the end of 2023. Serious injuries are also included in the serious incident statistics.
“We see that the overall safety results are improving, the positive trend demonstrating that systematic efforts over time are paying off,” Nilsson said.
The injury trend also has improved. For 2024, the total recordable injury frequency per million hours worked is 2.3, down from 2.4 in 2023.
A total of seven oil and gas leaks were registered in 2024, a decrease from 10 at the end of 2023. Oil and gas leaks are classified according to the severity of the leak rate.
Find Equinor’s safety results here.
