HSEP 5.1a1, Rev.
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HSE Severity Table
Actual or
Economic/
Potential
Injury / illness Environment Reputation material/
Severity
production
Level
Serious off-site International media
Fatality or total USD$
5 impact, significant coverage; regulatory
permanent disability > 3 million
remediation required sanction
Partial disability; life Significant off-site National media
USD$
4 changing; intensive impact, some coverage; regulatory
300k-3mill
care remediation required action
Release significantly
State media
Urgent treatment; above reportable USD$
3 coverage;
surgery limit or some local 30k-300k
Prohibition Notice
impact
Medical treatment Release above Local media
USD$
2 to prevent reportable limit or coverage; citations/
3k-30 k
deterioration minor impact fines
Small release
Simple, immediate USD$
1 contained onsite and No media coverage
treatment <3k
no impact
Examples of High Potential Severity Incidents (WPS>3) include but are not limited to the
following:
Fall from height, irrespective of injury outcome or if fall was suitably arrested
Near miss incident involving interaction of heavy mobile equipment and light vehicles, where
sudden evasive movement was required to avoid collision
Incident involving roll-over of mobile equipment or tip-over of a crane
Lifting incident involving uncontrolled descent of a load
Uncontrolled release of stored energy due to inadequate isolation procedures
Incident involving rescue of personnel from a confined space or hazardous atmosphere
Accidental contact with buried or hidden services
Trench collapse
Incident involving objects dropped from height into potentially occupied areas
Incident involving contact or potential contact with >50 volts AC
Exposure to toxic gases or hazardous substances greater than exposure limits
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03/19/14
