| Document ID (ISN) | 47171 |
| CIS number |
86-2025 |
| Year |
1985 |
| Convention or series no. |
WHO-EM/SOH/54
|
| Title |
Report of a Meeting on Health of Offshore Oil Drillers (Tunis, 6-10 May 1985) |
| Bibliographic information |
World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, P.O. Box 1517, Alexandria 21511, Egypt, 1985. 50p. 29 ref. |
| Abstract |
A general survey of offshore oil drilling operations is followed by a survey of risks to which workers on these installations are exposed: fires and explosions; noise; toxic substances; heat stress; lack of reliable communications with the shore in the case of emergencies; hazardous transfer of supplies and workers; danger of collision with other vessels; accidents during the drilling itself; psychosocial aspects of offshore work; strange work schedules and shift hours; diving operations. Separate chapters are devoted to the control of these hazards and their consequences, to offshore health services and to total disaster evacuation procedures. Conclusions and recommendations of the meeting are summarised in 10 points. Annexes give: the content of the pre-employment examination; impediments to offshore employment; programme of the meeting; a list of participants. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
WHO; offshore oil extraction; petroleum and natural gas industry |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
hazardous locations; drilling rigs and derricks; shift work; fire, explosions; harmful substances; heat load; diving; work at high temperature; work in isolation; work-rest schedules; emergency organization; health services; psychological effects; medical examinations; conference; noise |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Subject(s) |
Mines and quarries
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Petroleum and natural gas industry
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