FACTS

1. 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).
2. 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.
3. Health and Safety Issues of Petroleum Extraction:

• fatigue
• motor vehicle safety
• musculoskeletal disorders
• machine safety
• noise and hearing loss and
• skin exposures

4. Hazard and Dangerous Conditions in Petroleum Extraction:

• Vehicle Accidents
• Struck-By/ Caught-In/ Caught-Between
• Explosions and Fires
• Falls
• Confined Spaces
• Chemical Exposures

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