Care and Use of Compressed Gas Cylinders Compressed gas cylinders have many uses around the rig, such as charging accumulator bottles, charging mud pump bladders, welding
Choosing a Waste Management Company Many smaller facilities opt to use a waste management company to handle and dispose of hazardous waste. The following are some
Chemical Safety: Be Careful with Those “Killers” The following paragraph is typical of the warning that is placed on the containers of many of the garden
Why Have Safety Meetings? Records indicate that drillers who regularly hold crew safety meetings have fewer accidents, less drilling trouble and do a better over-all job
Who’s Responsible? When an accident happens, the blame is usually placed on someone or some thing. Many times the cause of the accident is never really
Which Is It? “LOST-TIME ACCIDENT” or “DISABLING INJURY” “NO-LOST-TIME ACCIDENT” or “MINOR INJURY” For many years, we have used the term “Lost-Time Accidents” to refer to
A Supervisor’s Responsibility in Accident Prevention The success of any safety program is affected directly by the extent to which the supervisor actively participates. For example,
Safety Consciousness We all know that safety consciousness is the most potent factor in the prevention of accidents. Safety consciousness may be defined as awareness of
Production + Safety = Security Safety poses no different problem from any other business or economic activity. First, we should get our facts about the problem