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Deaths and injuries resulting from oil pipeline transportation are rare but do occur occasionally. Table I shows the statistics of spillage incidents of Western European cross-country oil pipelines over the past 30 years along with the information about the pipeline network over the past 30 years. ...
Federal regulators had already been working on new safety rules for offshore drilling when an oil rig exploded off the Louisiana coast this week, the latest and most glaring accident in a string of dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries in the industry over the last several years. The U....
Common Oil Field Injuries Even though there are risks associated with working in the oil industry, workers still have the right to a safe work environment with all the proper precautions and tools to prevent injury. When oil and gas companies prioritize production over safety for employees, they...
Sometimes, too, we’ve had cases where a worker was injured or killed because a coworker was under the influence of drugs or alcohol while operating heavy equipment. Sadly, these oil field injuries were preventable, and the deaths didn’t need to happen. If you’ve lost a loved one in ...
Numerous flaws led to the oil rig blowout, resulting in several deaths, injuries, and severe environmental damage. One of the biggest was the failure of the rig's blowout preventer. Preventing Spills in the Ocean One of the ways that oil rig spills can be prevented is for employers to enfo...
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of WHO, said on Twitter that the attacks had caused "multiple deaths and injuries." Sun, Mar 6 20223:55 AM EST Ukraine war to last 'months, if not years,' UK deputy prime minister warns ...
Crews on the Delmarva Peninsula have cleaned up 65 tons of sand and oil following an oil spill off the Delaware coast first discovered last week. Oct 28, 2020 Oil Spill Off Delaware Coast Affecting Less Than 1% Of Ocean City Beach Area, Officials Say Cleanup efforts continued on the Del...
When we think of oil rig explosions at sea, we imagine fire, deadly blasts, and oil slicks. Indeed, working on oil rigs and offshore platforms is quite risky, given there were more than 1500 deaths on oil rigs in the U.S between 2008 and 2017. The number of casualties in these facil...
pointing to the industry’s relatively low injury rate. Michaels didn’t buy it. “They have a low injury rate because they often don’t report their injuries,” he said in a recent interview. “They have a very high fatality rate, so it’s simply not possible they have a low injury...