Report – Planned Inspection – September 2019 – Prelude FLNG

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NOPSEMA conducted an occupational health and safety inspection of Shell Australia's Prelude FLNG facility from September to October 2019 following a complaint that contractor Monadelphous Engineering Associates had mobilised rope access technicians without valid competency verification and using falsified documents. The complaint also alleged equipment risk registers were improperly copied between facilities rather than tailored to specific assets. The inspection examined whether rope access personnel lacked proper verification of competency (VoC) before offshore deployment at Prelude FLNG and other non-Shell operated facilities. Shell immediately suspended all rope access operations upon notification of the inspection, indicating serious compliance concerns regarding personnel qualifications and documentation integrity in a critical safety-sensitive operational area.