Work Refusals

Work Refusal Sequence

Pursuant to the legislation, workers on offshore installations have the right to refuse any task which they believe is dangerous to their health and safety, or the health and safety of another person at the workplace. A worker can report a work refusal either in writing or orally to a Safety Officer.

The proper sequence for exercising this right is as follows:

report the task being refused to the supervisor with the reason for the refusal;
supervisor provided with the opportunity to resolve concerns;
if concern is not remedied by the supervisor to the satisfaction of the worker, then report to the Offshore Workplace Committee for remediation (the Committee notifies the C-NLOER at this point that a refusal has occurred);
the Committee is provided with the opportunity to resolve concerns;
if concern is not remedied by the Committee to the satisfaction of the worker, then a CNLOER Safety Officer will be requested to investigate the issue;
a C-NLOER Safety Officer conducts an investigation and renders a decision; and
the employer and/or worker must abide by the decision; and
Employers, Operators and unions shall not take any reprisal against a worker for exercising his or her right to refuse.

Incident Disclosure

Notice: Incident Bulletins contain preliminary, unconfirmed information and data extracted from the initial incident reports of Operators.

Administrative Monetary Penalties

Notices of Non-Compliance and Orders to Comply

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Date	Update
2025, Sep 24	Near Miss on the Terra Nova FPSO
2025, Sep 9	Dropped Object on SeaRose FPSO
2025, Jun 26	Sling Failure on the Hibernia Platform
2025, Mar 10	Dropped Object on the SeaRose FPSO
2025, Jan 9	Dropped Object on the Hebron Platform
2025, Jan 8	Helicopter Return to Base

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Administrative Monetary Penalties

Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs) are fines or penalties that can be imposed by the CNLOER in relation to incidences of non-compliance with legislation, regulations, permits, licences, certificate conditions, or decisions or orders. AMPs are intended to be a remedial compliance measure (regulatory), as opposed to a punitive measure (criminal).

Further information can be found in the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations and Administrative Monetary Penalty Guidelines. Listed below for each AMP issued, is the date the Notice of Violation (NOV) was publicly released, name of the recipient company, name of the facility, description of the violation and penalty amount. The C-NLOER does not release the names of individuals who have been issued a NOV, nor additional information or attachments referenced in the documents below.

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NOV Reference Number	Date of Website Update	Related Documents (Decision Letter)	Recipient Company	Facility	Description of Violation	Penalty Amount
AMP-001-2020	May 06, 2021	Review Decision	Suncor Energy Inc.	Transocean Barents	Not in compliance with subsection 161(1) of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act by causing or permitting a spill.	$40,000
AMP-002-2020	May 06, 2021	Review Decision	Transocean Canada Drilling Services Ltd.	Transocean Barents	Not in compliance with subsection 161(1) of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act by causing or permitting a spill.	$52,000
AMP-003-2021	April 8, 2022	Review Decision	Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd.	Hibernia	Not in compliance with subsection 161(1) of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act by causing or permitting a spill.	$28,000
AMP-001-2022	August 30, 2022	Committee Acceptance of Withdrawal	Equinor Canada Ltd.	Transocean Barents	Did not meet Authorization commitments	$16,000
AMP-001-2023	September 10, 2025	Review Decision	ExxonMobil Canada Properties	Hebron	Not in compliance with subsection 17(2) and s. 72(a)of the Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Drilling and Production Regulations	$4,000

Notices of Non-Compliance and Orders to Comply

Non-Compliance is failure to obey a law or failure to comply with any authorization or approval of petroleum-related work or activity conducted by an operator or person with regulatory responsibilities granted within the authority of the Accord Acts. An Order to Comply is a direction from a Safety Officer or the Chief Safety Officer directing or ordering a person to correct a deficiency that is causing or has caused a compliance issue and which could constitute an offense. An Order to Comply may be issued when it appears a person is ignoring or slow to respond to a non-compliance or other non-compliance. An Order to Comply will be issued in writing and will include the reference to the section of the Act or regulation giving rise to the noncompliance, the reasons for issuing the Order to Comply, the conditions that must be complied with and where applicable, the process available to appeal the instruction. Failure to comply with an order of a Safety Officer or Chief Safety Officer is an offence under the Acts.

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September 13, 2023

Odfjell Drilling Ltd.

Notice of Non-Compliance with the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act and the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations

August 17, 2023

Hibernia Management Development Company Notice of Non-Compliance with the Newfoundland Offshore Drilling and Production Regulations and Order

June 27, 2023

ExxonMobil Canada Properties Notice of Non-Compliance with the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act

KCA Deutag Drilling Canada Inc. Notice of Non-Compliance with the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act

March 15, 2023

Hibernia Management Development Company Notice of Non-Compliance with the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Regulations