Scope of Report
Message From the Chairman
Our Company
2006 Highlights
2006 At A Glance
2006 Performance Data
How We Operate
Review of Operations
Safety Performance
Employee Safety Performance
Employee & Contractor
Safety Performance
Safety Processes
Examples of Safety Programs
Health Management
Product Stewardship
Environmental Performance
Global Workforce
Community & Social Performance
Global Compact Index
GRI & IPIECA/API Index
Verification Statement
Employee Safety Performance
Employee & ContractorSafety Performance
Safety Processes
Examples of Safety Programs
Health Management Product Stewardship
SAFETY PERFORMANCE
We are committed to meeting the highest standards of corporate citizenship by protecting the health and safety of our employees.
EMPLOYEE & CONTRACTOR SAFETY PERFORMANCE
Our safety processes and where appropriate performance targets include both employees and contractors. The majority of contractor manhours are accounted for at our overseas locations, predominantly at our major development projects in Algeria, Indonesia, Thailand and Equatorial Guinea.These major projects led to a 77% increase in contractor manhours during 2006.
Our Exploration and Production (E&P) organization had an excellent year, achieving an 83% reduction in total recordable incidents and achieving their employee/ contractor target. In 2006, 44% of incidents occurred in Production operations, 36% in Major Projects and 20% in Drilling and other operations
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Our Marketing and Refining (M&R) operations, which are composed primarily of Hess employees, continued to make progress in employee safety performance, achieving a 9% reduction in incidents compared to 2005. This improvement follows an 8% improvement between 2004 and 2005. M&R did not, however, meet its targeted reduction in employee recordable incident rate, achieving a year end recordable rate of 2.17, above the target rate of 2.00. Retail, which represents 84% of M&R employee manhours, achieved its target rate in 2006
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SAFETY PROCESSES
We implemented several safety process improvements in 2006. Our E&P organization made significant progress in implementing their EHS & SR management systems across all facets of the business. E&P also initiated a fully integrated incident reporting and tracking system throughout our worldwide operations. Incidents are reported in all areas of our business. Investigation results and learnings are captured as a basis for improving our safety management systems and preventing reoccurrences.The company’s annual Chairman's Award for Safety Excellence recognizes one operation or group that has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to workforce safety through systematic processes, exceptional safety performance, and sustainability of safety improvement. In 2006 we received 9 nominations for the award. They were all worthy candidates, demonstrating excellent safety achievements. In addition to the Chairman’s Award, President’s Awards are also given both in the E&P and M&R areas of our company for excellent safety performance. Nominations for the Annual Chairman’s Award for Safety Excellence highlighted a wide range of innovative safety programs across the entire company.
