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Dräger Marine and Offshore, marine and offshore services in the field of rescue and safety equipment, believes that the UK renewable energy and carbon capture sectors need to do more in order to avert safety incidents.

The call comes after independent research commissioned by the firm found that 63% of managers in the oil, gas, and renewables sectors outlined concerns in their organisation about the possibility of a major safety incident occurring over the next five years.

The research is part of a new report on the impact of Covid-19, Brexit, and health and safety culture in UK workplaces and warns of growing concerns regarding these factors within the country’s quickly expanding renewable sector.

The warning was issued after a significant amount of businesses involved in the study reported that safety has already been adversely impacted by Covid-19, with two-thirds of managers (66%), reporting that safety training or investment within their company had been cancelled or delayed due to the pandemic.

Dräger Marine and Offshore marketing manager Richard Ryan said: “The slow pace of progress regarding safety standards in the UK’s renewable energy and carbon capture sector is becoming a major cause for concern, and it has been made worse by significant Covid-19 delays to safety training and safety-critical maintenance work.