Oil and Gas Industry Safety & Health - Articles - Page 44

PHMSA proposes new pipeline safety regs

July 6, 2015

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has proposed new requirements to strengthen Federal pipeline safety regulations related to pipeline accident and incident notification.

BP to pay biggest environmental settlement ever

July 3, 2015

Five years after the worst oil spill in history, the company that caused it has agreed to an historic $18+ billion settlement with the five Gulf States that were affected by the environmental disaster. The total also includes $5.5 billion in Clean Water Act penalties.

Ongoing combustible & toxic gas exposures require high-performance gas detection

Dan Munson

July 1, 2015

For companies in which the presence of combustible and toxic gases are a way of life, protecting your people and your physical plant while ensuring business continuity is the most important function of a fixed gas detection solution.

Hazards, requirements & advancements: PPE in the oil and gas industry

Katherine McCarthy

July 1, 2015

Potentially hazardous work conditions, job duties and health risk… it’s no secret that the oil and gas industry can be a dangerous place to work.

Raising the risk: driving exemptions put oil and gas truckers at risk

Dave Johnson

July 1, 2015

Hundreds of oil and gas workers have been killed on the job in the past decade in highway crashes.

Meeting energy needs more safely and sustainably

Chevron director urges oil industry to collaborate

June 29, 2015

According to Chevron’s Craig May, society has challenged the oil and gas industry to show that it can meet the world’s growing energy needs in a safer and more environmentally sustainable way.

Open-flame heater likely cause of oil rig fire that killed 3 and injured 2

Among safety violations: no emergency shower, despite corrosive chemicals

June 25, 2015

An open-flame heater on the floor of a rig likely sparked the fire that killed three natural gas drillers and seriously injured two others in a December 2014 drilling rig fire in Coalgate, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has concluded.

Managing fatigue in oil industry FIFO operations

June 17, 2015

In the oil and gas industry, employees are often transported to geographically remote areas for temporary work instead relocate there permanently with their families.