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CISDOC database
Document ID (ISN) | 33424 |
CIS number |
80-848 |
ISBN(s) |
92-2-102217-X |
Year |
1980 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Report III, Petroleum Committee of the International Labour Organisation, Ninth Session, Geneva 1980. |
Title |
Working conditions and working environment in the petroleum industry, including offshore activities. |
Original title |
Les conditions et le milieu de travail dans l'industrie du pétrole, y compris les activités en mer. [in French] |
Bibliographic information |
International Labour Office, 1211 Genève 22, Switzerland, 1980. 116p. Bibl. Price: SF.17.50. |
Abstract |
This report, prepared for discussion at the Ninth Session of the Committee, covers: regional conditions; mechanical and electrical hazards, exposure to harmful substances; noise and vibration; ionising and non-ionising radiations; lighting; stress factors; diving (decompression, "bounce" and "saturation" diving, submersibles); fire and explosion hazards; fire protection; occupational accidents and diseases; recent trends in prevention (organisation, regulations, workers' participation, joint and tripartite consultation); general working conditions (hours of work, shift work, rest periods and leave); work organisation and job content (arduous work and monotony, automation and skill diversification, casual labour); welfare services. Suggested points for discussion. Numerous tables showing TLVs, sound pressure levels on North Sea oil platforms, recommended noise limits, levels of illumination, statistics of fires; accidents in the petroleum industry in Austria, Belgium, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Norway, Pakistan, United Kingdom and USA. |
Descriptors (primary) |
ILO; offshore oil extraction; petroleum and natural gas industry; conditions of work |
Descriptors (secondary) |
illumination levels; workers' participation; occupational accidents; threshold limit values; welfare facilities; automation; Norway; Japan; occupational diseases; Pakistan; work organization; Austria; Belgium; United Kingdom; report; Italy; noise; vibration; monotonous work; heavy work; liquid fires; diving; explosive atmospheres; gas explosions; statistics; Indonesia |
Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
Subject(s) |
Chemicals, plastics and rubber
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Browse category(ies) |
Workers' participation Petroleum and natural gas industry
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