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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Determining the best way to meet the needs of colleagues and employers, as well as enlisting them to help meet goals, takes effective listening. -
Welding produces miscellaneous gases and particles that have various effects on respiratory systems, and long-term exposure may result in "welder's lung." The aim of this study is to describe radiological findings of welders' lung.
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Nighttime environmental noise affects sleep quality. However, the effects of daytime occupational noise remain unclear.
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Effective Prevention of Tuberculosis Transmission in Oil and Gas Workplaces: A Programmatic ApproachIntegrating a tuberculosis (TB) control program into existing operation systems has provided a sustained approach for effective and efficient prevention of TB transmission in the workplace.
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This paper presents a scientific method for reducing fatigue risks in oil and gas organizations that operate a slowly rotating shift schedule.
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The Mental Health Commission of Canada explains the effect of employees’ daily experience on mental health in new white paper.
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With the intended outcome of providing and improving a safe and healthy workplace for workers and persons under an organisation’s control, ISO 45001 provides a structured framework for managing the prevention of work-related injury and ill health.
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Although carpal tunnel syndrome is a strong driver of workers' compensation costs, lost wages, lost productivity, and disability, there is still a limited understanding of its frequency and causes in working populations.
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Poor psychosocial working conditions increase the likelihood of various types of morbidity and may substantially limit quality of life and possibilities to remain in paid work.
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The aim of this review was to assess the risk of cardiovascular disease events associated with shift work and determine if there is a dose/response relationship in this association.
