It is important for the government to also take active participation in the remediation of land used in mining. For such projects, grants have such a big role in ensuring the success of remediation and conservation projects. In some states, fees are collected from new mining projects and then channeled to conservation projects. Fees charged for possible impacts … Read More...
Our final tip for pipeline workers- Follow Safe Evacuation Procedures
Many accidents at the job site can be avoided with simple precautionary measures but crisis situations can occur even at the safest job sites (e.g. flooding, civil disturbances, etc.). Nobody wants emergency scenarios to occur but employers and employees have to be ready for when they happen.
Companies … Read More...
Some of the most commonly used heavy equipment are:
• Dozers
• Loaders
• Forklifts
• Cable Plows
• Graders
• Mixers
• Trucks
• Backhoes
• Cranes
While there are no standardized safety practices for operating heavy equipment, there are key work practices that can help every job site safe for the workers.
First, ensure that your … Read More...
This is our third tip in this series of Safety For Pipeline Workers.
To ensure the safety of workers at the job site: examine the safety of power tools.
Even the simplest tools could cause accidents and even the smallest accidents could have devastating effects on a project. Make sure all tools at the site, whether fixed or … Read More...
Here’s another safety tip for pipeline workers which is the second post in this series:
Always follow material handling instructions as set by industry standard or the manufacturer. Efficient handling of materials helps a great deal in keeping job sites safe for all workers at the site.
Material handling entails various tasks at the job site since there … Read More...
This is the first in our series of “featured” posts this week concerning safety procedures for pipelines workers.
Here’s one of the best tips we can give pipeline workers: Use proper Personal Protective Equipment.
The use of PPE is now a job site standard for pipeline workers. Occupational Safety and Health institutions all around the globe require field … Read More...
LNG may not leak and spill contaminating the ground but it sure can cause an explosion and death.
Check out this video on a highway in China.
In eastern Ohio a pipeline carrying condensate which is produced oil and gas processing caught fire.
It burned several acres of Monroe County woodland and burned for several hours before before the pipeline pressure dropped low enough for the fire to burn itself out.
The pipeline is owned by a joint venture between Dominion and Caiman Energy II.… Read More...
Working in the oil and gas industry is very good pay but has more deaths from fires and explosions than any other private industry.
The oil and gas industry employs less than 1 percent of the U.S. workforce, but in the past five years it has had more than 10 percent of all workplace fatalities from fires and … Read More...
