| Document ID (ISN) | 67371 |
| CIS number |
96-1354 |
| ISBN(s) |
0-7176-0886-7 |
| Year |
1996 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Health and Safety Commission, Oil Industry Advisory Committee |
| Title |
Management of occupational health risks in the offshore oil and gas industry |
| Bibliographic information |
HSE Books, P.O. Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 6FS, United Kingdom, 1996. iv, 27p. 64 ref. Price: GBP 8.00. |
| Abstract |
This guidance is aimed at offshore installation operators, owners and contractors and other employers with responsibilities for the health of workers on installations, pipelaying barges, heavy lift vessels and similar vessels. Contents: legal requirements; management of occupational health issues; identifying chemical, physical, biological, ergonomic and psychosocial hazards to health; risk assessment and control (selection of control measures, controlling psychosocial risks, monitoring and review of control measures, health surveillance); mitigating adverse health effects. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
plant health organization; offshore oil extraction; United Kingdom |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
harmful physical agents; harmful substances; hazard evaluation; mental stress; role of management; legislation; medical supervision; social aspects; directive; biological hazards |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Chemicals, plastics and rubber
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Occupational health services
Petroleum and natural gas industry
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