FACTS
- Oil and gas extraction workers experience high rates of traumatic work-related fatalities. Tank gauging and sampling activities exposes workers to high concentrations of hydrocarbon gases and vapors (HGVs).
- Successful mineral exploration strategy requires identification of some of the risk sources and consider them in the decision-making process so that controllable risk can be reduced.
- Health and Safety Issues of Petroleum Extraction:
- fatigue
- motor vehicle safety
- musculoskeletal disorders
- machine safety
- noise and hearing loss and
- skin exposures
- Hazard and Dangerous Conditions in Petroleum Extraction:
- Vehicle Accidents
- Struck-By/ Caught-In/ Caught-Between
- Explosions and Fires
- Falls
- Confined Spaces
- Chemical Exposures
STATS
- More than […]
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