Tilenga Project marks 20 Million Man-Hours without major accident

TotalEnergies EP Uganda, the operator of the Tilenga Oil project has marked yet another milestone as they clocked 20 million man-hours without any Lost Time Incident (LTI). 

LTIs are accidents that occur when a worker sustains an injury that results in time off from work, loss of productive work for more than 24 hours, permanent disability, or even death

The new milestone was achieved on August 10, 2023, less than a year (226 days) after the 10 million man-hour mark that was realized in January 2023. 

The oil company attributed this achievement to its relentless emphasis on workers’ safety.

“We have established and maintained a safety culture among our over 8,000 employees and contractors aimed at reinforcing continuous vigilance of all the risks and mitigations in all the Company’s operational,” said TotalEnergies General Manager Philippe GROUEIX.

 “Safety is the cornerstone of the Company’s values because, at the end of the day, a company that is not safe is not sustainable. We are therefore uncompromising when it comes to Safety.

“The achievement of this milestone reflects our collective commitment towards delivering this complex and large-scale project without accidents and puts us well on our way towards becoming one of the best performing TotalEnergies affiliates in safety.”

Cyril Champigny, TotalEnergies EP Uganda Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Director commended the role of contractors in the achievement of the safety milestone. 

“Our HSE strategy heavily relies on the strict compliance of not only our staff but all contractors while safeguarding community wellbeing. Therefore, it is important to note that 94% of the man-hours have been executed by our contractors and it is a tremendous reflection of our combined commitment towards minimizing risks and enhancing our safety performance on the Tilenga project,” he said.

The measurement of LTI is a lagging indicator that is aimed at measuring a company’s incidents in the form of past accident statistics.

According to the Guinness World record, the greatest number of man/hours an industrial site has had a registered zero accidents, is 211,600,000 for Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. between 4 Nov 1991 and 20 Aug 1998.