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Valaris Health & Safety

Life-Saving Rules

Valaris has adopted the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) nine Life-Saving Rules as part of its global commitment to offshore safety, operational integrity, and workforce protection. These industry-recognized safety standards are designed to help prevent fatalities, serious injuries, and high-risk incidents across offshore drilling operations.

The Life-Saving Rules support:

  • Consistent safety standards across the global oil and gas industry.
  • Improved safety performance through shared industry knowledge, operational experience, and lessons learned.
  • Increased employee and contractor awareness, accountability, and ownership of critical safety safeguards.
  • Clear and consistent safety expectations for all personnel working onboard Valaris rigs and facilities.
  • Stronger alignment between Valaris, contractors, customers, and industry safety best practices.
  • Continuous improvement in health, safety, and environmental (HSE) performance across global operations.

At Valaris, safety is a core operational priority. The company’s safety culture, HSE governance framework, and Life-Saving Rules are designed to support safe operations, regulatory compliance, and responsible offshore energy operations worldwide.

Safe Systems of Work (SSoW)

The five key components of Valaris’ SSoW framework specify the core requirements applicable to all worksites that focus on preventing harm to people and the environment.

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Behavior-Based Safety Training

Valaris’ Behavior-Based Safety Training supports the company’s commitment to incident prevention, workforce safety, and a strong offshore safety culture across global operations. The program is designed to strengthen individual accountability, encourage proactive risk awareness, reinforce safe behaviors at every level of the organization and verify key life-saving controls are implemented correctly.

The program supports:

  • Observing work activities and promoting open, constructive safety conversations.
  • Identifying and correcting unsafe behaviors or conditions while reinforcing safe work practices.
  • Building a respectful, accountable workplace culture that encourages continuous safety engagement.
  • Supporting proactive hazard awareness, operational integrity, and incident prevention.
  • Reinforcing Valaris' commitment to health, safety, and environmental (HSE) excellence across its operations.

At Valaris, behavior-based safety is an important part of the company's broader HSE framework and continuous improvement approach to offshore safety performance.