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 recent settlement of up to $1.8 billion between Southern California Gas Co. and thousands of alleged victims has offered a measure of relief to some. But many residents say they still know painfully little about how the disaster affected their health. -
The World Health Organization (WHO) tightened its air-quality guidelines for the first time since 2005, hoping to spur countries toward clean energy and prevent deaths and illness caused by air pollution.
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Researchers say they found that the amount and proximity of natural gas wells to a home were linked to higher levels of certain chemical contaminants.
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In a perspective piece that appears in the journal Science, Elaine Hill, an economist in the University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Public Health Sciences, calls for tighter regulation and monitoring of unconventional oil and gas development as more evidence points to the negative health consequences of the practice.
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The oilfield services firm is asking US employees to disclose their COVID-19 vaccine status and said more customers are mandating vaccinations as a condition for working on their job sites.
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US energy companies are moving to require that employees receive COVID-19 vaccinations as infection rates rise across the United States and health surveys show that energy workers remain among those most reluctant to get inoculations.
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Poor health and safety behaviors pose a challenge to drivers of trucks and commercial vehicles and to the safety of motorists and pedestrians. In Nigeria, an operator partnered with medical personnel to demonstrate the positive effects of a human performance and care agenda on driver performance, engagement, behavior, and road safety.
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At a time when the world is dealing with the COVID-19 virus, it is a safe assumption that we are frequently thinking about our health. This selection of technical papers highlights the topic as addressed at the 2020 SPE Virtual International Conference on Health, Safety, Environment, and Sustainability.
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A new study from Oregon State University found that infants born within 3 km of oil and natural gas drilling facilities in Texas had slightly lower birthweights than those born before drilling began in their vicinity.
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Nearly 150 workers have been evacuated or are due for evacuation from Shell's Shearwater project in the North Sea since a COVID-19 outbreak emerged at the end of June, the company said.
