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Safety Czar for Shell

Safety Czar for Shell

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 

JULY 30, 2007, 2:05 PM ET Shell appointed a global safety executive, after suffering 37 fatalities in 2006, more than double the number had by its major competitors.

Kieron McFadyen, a 20-year company veteran, was appointed to instill safety standards and assess risk, especially for remote locations, where the majority of fatalities occurred. “As our portfolio changes … we go into new areas where we are not familiar with the culture,” he told Dow Jones Newswires. “We need to go through the assumption that it ain’t going to be easier.”

The 37 deaths last year compared with seven at BP, 10 at Exxon Mobil Corp. and 12 at Chevron Corp. But as we discussed earlier this year in Energy Roundup, these tallies aren’t necessarily the best measure of a company’s safety record, as they don’t account for factors like possible differences in the way companies count deaths. read more

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