Health
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and its predecessor, the US Bureau of Mines, have significantly contributed to enhancing the safety of miners and to applying new technologies to the mining industry.
TechnipFMC diver Stuart Cowie shares his 17-year experience working as a saturation diver in the oil and gas industry and how to manage mental health and well-being during the often-isolating work demands.
This paper describes how a global energy technology company developed a mental health first aid program to provide workplace access to a trained mental health responder and how this initiative helps raise awareness of the importance of good mental health in the workplace.
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A survey focusing on oil and gas executives found that only 52% said their organizations have traveler health and safety programs in place. -
With at least 600,000 people killed or disabled each year, snakebites are a serious public health concern. For projects in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, the oil and gas industry needs to consider the risks to workers and its responsibility to support communities against this silent killer.
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Residents in Broomfield, Colorado, now can submit concerns about medical issues that could be related to living near an oil and gas facility. The city had a form for filing complaints about oil and gas in Broomfield and has added a new box specifically for medical concerns.
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Colorado has released a long-awaited 380-page report on the health effects of oil and gas operations in the state. The science is complicated, though, as are the unfolding responses from state regulators and oil and gas companies.
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Colorado officials declared they will toughen their oversight of oil and gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing sites following the release of a multiyear scientific study that found industry operations may expose residents to unhealthy levels of benzene and other chemicals.
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Despite a natural gas boom and health concerns over drilling from environmentalists, the state Department of Health has received just 160 complaints related to drilling over the last decade.
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Critics say an ethane expansion not only will prolong hydraulic fracturing but also could also trigger a public health disaster as political polarization over the climate surges under Trump.
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A new documentary exploring men’s mental health in the oil industry takes a look at the toll that long hours and isolation can have on workers.
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Hearing loss is prevalent in workers in the mining and oil and gas extraction sectors. Approximately 61% of workers in mining and oil and gas extraction have been exposed to hazardous noise levels on the job, according to a study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine.
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A study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine finds that an injury serious enough to lead to at least a week off of work almost triples the combined risk of suicide and overdose death among women and increases the risk by 50% among men.
