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About HSE

HSE is responsible for the regulation of almost all the risks to health and safety arising from work activity in Britain. Our mission is to ensure that risks to people’s health and safety from work activities are properly controlled. To achieve this HSE utilises the expertise, knowledge and skills of staff in the Offshore Division who are a part of the Hazardous Installations Directorate.

HSE’s Offshore Division

Offshore Division is made up of 4 Units; based in Aberdeen, Bootle, London and Norwich.

Our Vision: is to gain recognition of health and safety as a cornerstone of a civilised society, and with that achieve a record of workplace health and safety that leads the world.
Our Mission: is to protect people’s health and safety by ensuring risks in the changing workplace are properly controlled. In securing these, we strive, in a changing environment, to be a closely integrated, efficient and professional organisation, which will continue to earn the respect of all those involved in upstream petroleum and diving activities. Our strategy is aligned with the HSC/E strategy for workplace health and safety in Great Britain to 2010 and beyond.
Partnership: We will work in partnership with employers by using our resources, wherever possible cooperatively, to secure the shared target of the U.K. having the safest upstream oil and gas and inshore diving industries by 2010.

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Where to contact us

In the first instance your enquiries should be routed via Infoline (0845 345 0055).

Depending on the complexity of the query Infoline may transfer calls to a 'lead' within the sector.

There are four Offshore Division Locations:

Health and Safety Executive
Hazardous Installations Directorate
Offshore Division
Lord Cullen House
Fraser Place
Aberdeen
AB25 3UB

Tel: 01224 252500

Health and Safety Executive
Hazardous Installations Directorate
Offshore Division
Redgrave Court
Merton Road
Bootle
Merseyside
L20 7HS

Tel: 0151 951 4000

Health and Safety Executive
Hazardous Installations Directorate
Offshore Division
GSW Rose Court
2 Southwark Bridge
London
SE1 9HS

Tel: 0207 717 6000

Health and Safety Executive
Hazardous Installations Directorate
Offshore Division
1st Floor, Lakeside 500
Old Chapel Way
Broadland Business Park
Norwich

Tel: 01603 828000