2. #3b: Employee pack (Contractors and sub-contractors)
TRAINING PACKAGE
#3b: Employee pack (Contractors and sub-contractors)
LIFE SAVING RULES
WHO DECIDES TO BREAK THE RULES,
DECIDES NOT TO WORK FOR MOL GROUP

3. A message from the CEO
„…The Life Saving Rules set out clear and simple “dos” and “don’ts” 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, I’m 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.”
József Molnár
MOL Group CEO

4. 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.

5. Prevent serious injuries
What is our goal? 
Prevent serious injuries
17 fatalities*
NOW
GOAL
Compliance with the LSR
would have saved many of these lives
*Staff & contractor/sub-contractor employee fatalities

6. 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

7. Real incidents Ignition source Permit to work Gas testing
Workforce and contractor personal accidents in the last 5 years
March 2010
Contractor employee died in an explosion during a tank cleaning at Csepel logistics depot in Hungary.
Permit to work
June 2012
Two contractor employees were killed due to asphyxiation by nitrogen at TVK in Hungary.
Gas testing
Workforce and contractor personal accidents in the last 5 years
January 2010
Slovnaft employee drowned in a service shaft at Slovnaft Refinery in Slovakia.
Life Saving PPE
February 2012
Contractor employee fell from the canopy of a Tifon filling station in Croatia as he attempted to remove snow and suffered fatal injuries.
Energy isolation
October 2008
Contractor employee was fatally injured by electric current as he was measuring electric motor at Slovnaft Refinery in Slovakia.
No alcohol or drugs
Workforce, contractor and 3rd party personal incidents in the last 5 years
September 2012
Third party driver was killed in a road accident with a contractor tank truck at Krk in Croatia. ! !

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

9. 1. Smoke only at designated areas, do not use ignition source
Any piece of equipment that is or could be an ignition source, such as a grinder, drilling machine etc. at an area with fire / explosion hazard, such as technological area is extremely dangerous and forbidden without the correct permit to work and fire prevention measures. Smoking or use of matches or cigarette lighters could set on fire flammable materials or cause an explosion. Smoking at designated, clearly signed areas will keep you safe from causing fire or explosion.
As a worker, I have to:
Learn where the designated smoking areas are;
Intervene and report if I see someone smoking outside a designated area;
Avoid using any ignition sources in technological areas without a permit to work and fire prevention measures.

10. 2. Verify energy isolation before work
Isolation separates and keeps you safe from the hazards of various energy sources that can exist at any job site. These hazardous energy sources are typically electric current, stored electricity (e.g. capacitors), high pressure, toxic materials, poisonous gases, chemicals (e.g. flammable liquids), hot liquids/steam, radiation or moving/rotating machine parts (e.g. compressed spring) etc.
As a worker, I have to:
Understand the isolations that protect me from danger;
Confirm with the supervisor that isolations are in place;
Confirm with the supervisor that it is safe to start work.

11. 3. Obtain and follow permit to work
A permit to work describes what hazards you are likely to encounter while you are working and how these hazards must be controlled to keep you safe. 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.
As a worker, I have to:
Confirm with the shift lead / foreman that it is safe to start work;
Confirm with the watchman that I can enter a confined space;
Follow the requirements of the permit to work.
As a watchman to a confined space, I have to:
Approve and control access to a confined space;
Have means of communication with people in the confined space;
Be aware of emergency rescue measures and carry those out as necessary.

12. 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). Always use a personal fall arrest system when working outside a protective environment where you can fall over 2 metres. A protective environment includes approved scaffolds, stairs or platforms with guardrails and man lifts. Personal respiratory protection equipment must always be used if you are exposed or could be exposed to hazardous agents or to a hazardous atmosphere (e.g. when oxygen levels are low or the space is filled with nitrogen), as required by the permit to work.
As a worker, I have to:
Be aware of what fall protection equipment to use and how to use it;
Be aware of what respiratory protection equipment to use and how to use it;
Check equipment before using it, always connect the personal fall arrest system to an anchor point when working at height outside of a protective environment;
Refuse work if not sure how to use the life saving PPE.

13. 5. Conduct gas tests whenever required
During some works or in specific work areas the atmosphere has to be tested to prevent explosions and/or make sure you and other people on-site can breathe the air safely. Examples for such works are entry into a confined space and hot works, where initial gas testing is always obligatory and continuous testing is also often required.
As a worker, I have to:
Confirm with the shift lead / foreman that the atmosphere is tested;
Confirm with the shift lead / foreman that it is safe to start work;
Wear the calibrated personal gas detector if required by the permit to work or site regulation;
Stop work if I smell gas or the personal gas detector alarms.

14. 6. Do not carry out work in trenches without appropriate shoring
No matter how safe an excavated trench or pit may seem to you, it can turn unnoticed into a deadly trap after a short rain or depositing material next to it. Shoring or sloping the sidewalls easily gets you on the safe side.
As a worker, I have to:
Enter a trench or pit deeper than 1.2 metres (approx. chest level) that is not protected by shoring or doesn’t have sloped side walls.

15. 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 worker, I have to:
Obtain authorisation from the shift lead / foreman before overriding or disabling safety-critical equipment;
Never remove any safety signs.

16. 8. Do not violate safe lifting rules
Working or walking immediately under a suspended load is unsafe as the load can fall on you. Using damaged, undersized or incompatible rigging equipment or incorrect rigging methods seriously increases the risk of a load to accidentally fall. Some lifting activities involve increased hazards (like lifting heavy loads close to crane capacity or over critical technological areas), these are called critical lifting.
As a worker, I have to:
Make sure never to cross an area with a suspended load hazard, whether indicated with tapes or barriers or not;
Follow the instructions of the signaller.
*: Some lifting activities involve increased hazards (like lifting heavy loads close to crane capacity or over critical technological areas), these are called critical lifting.

17. 9. No alcohol or drugs before and during working
Using alcohol, illegal drugs and misusing legal drugs or other substances will not only reduce your ability to do your job safely, but will expose your colleagues to increased risk.
As a worker, I have to:
Always inform the shift lead / foreman if I’m taking medicine that may have an effect on my capabilities or performance. If in doubt I always check with the shift lead / foreman who will seek medical advice;
Avoid using, keeping, selling or distributing illegal drugs;
Report any case of alcohol or drugs abuse;
Avoid taking any risk if I don’t feel fit to work.

18. 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 worker, I have to:
Refuse any work that violates the Life Saving Rules;
Intervene and report if somebody violates the Life Saving Rules.

19. Disciplinary actions - X 50 000 HUF/Pers. 200 000 HUF 50 000 HUF
Contractor / Subcontractor Staff
Smoking out of the designated smoking area
Energy isolation missing
Working without work permit
Not using/wearing the life-saving protective equipment
Failure in performing the prescribed gas concentration test(s)
Protection against collapse is missing
Safety equipment and signs are removed or missing
Violation of regulations relevant to lifting operations
Proven consumption of alcohol or drug
Penalty amount
HUF/Pers.
HUF
HUF
– HUF
Expulsion until correction (suspended work) - X
Ban the relevant
shiftleader
Ban for 1 year for MOL Group sites.
Ban for 1 year for MOL Group sites (if the PPE was not ensured).
Ban for 1 year for MOL Group sites (if the equipment was not ensured).
employees
Ban the relevant employees for 1 year for MOL Group sites.
(if the employee not used the PPE).
(if the employee not used the equipment).
employees for 1 year from
MOL Group sites.

20. WHO DECIDES TO BREAK THE RULES, DECIDES NOT TO WORK FOR MOL GROUP
LIFE SAVING RULES
WHO DECIDES TO BREAK THE RULES,
DECIDES NOT TO WORK FOR MOL GROUP