توضیحات :

Cultivating Safety in the

Oil and Gas Industry

Craig A. Halpern CSP CPE ARM

Risk Control Manager - IMA of Colorado

Cross Roads of Accident Statistics

What the Newspaper’s Tell Us

High County News

“Fatalities in the energy fields: 2000-2006”

April 2 2007 by Ray Ring

“At least 89 people died on the job in the Interior West’s oil and gas industry from 2000 to 2006 in a variety of accidents including 90-foot falls massive explosions poison gas inhalations and crushings by safety harnesses.”

High County News

“Fatalities in the energy fields: 2000-2006”

April 2 2007 by Ray Ring

•“Ricky Erb 19 11/27/06 Schneider Energy Services
Head injury blown out of 5-foot hole when a reportedly 40-year-old pipeline Pending ruptured. He and rest of crew were using a cutting tool to open the pipeline and they didn’t expect it to contain pressurized gas.

•Jacob Farmer 19 11/16/06 Leed Energy Services Inc.
Struck by falling pulley on a well-servicing rig. The victim’s father works in oil and gas. Pending • •Phillip Smith 44 11/6/06 Easy Street Crane Service
Crushed by truck. Pending

High County News

“Fatalities in the energy fields: 2000-2006”

April 2 2007 by Ray Ring

•Joshua Arvidson 24 1/25/06 Calfrac Well Services Ltd.
Engulfed by 40 000 pounds of sand in a storage bin. $27 825 • •Zac Mitchek 42 11/25/05 Patterson-UTI Drilling Co.

Electrocuted while doing maintenance on a light plant for a drill rig. $11 900

•Larry Hill 42 11/7/05 Union Drilling Inc.
Fell 55 feet from platform on drill-rig derrick while handling hoisted drill pipes. OSHA said the company did not ensure that the worker was using proper fall-protection gear. $19 990

High County News

“Fatalities in the energy fields: 2000-2006”

April 2 2007 by Ray Ring

•David A. Vickers Jr. (age not provided) 6/27/06 MarMc Transportation Inc.
Run over by a forklift while working with a crew moving a drill rig; he was resting in the shade of the forklift and a truck driver (not the forklift driver) hopped on it and drove forward. The company had just been cited by Wyoming OSHD for inadequate forklift training. $1 800 • •Shane L. Judd 41 6/9/06 DHS Drilling Company
Fell 90 feet from top of a rig’s derrick. He hadn’t hooked up his fall-protection device. Investigators noted the crew was pulling long work shifts drilling in the rain; the ambulance took 45 minutes to reach the remote site. $3 150

کلمات کلیدی : Cultivating Safety in the;Oil and Gas Industry;Craig A Halpern CSP CPE ARM;Risk Control Manager IMA of Colorado;Cross Roads of Accident Statistics