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COUNT |
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DATE OF PRIOR COUNT |
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DATE OF LAST YEARS COUNT |
UNITED STATES |
5/17/13 |
1769 |
+0 | 5/10/13 |
-217 |
5/18/12 |
CANADA |
5/17/13 |
118 | +5 |
5/10/13 |
0 |
5/18/12 |
USA OFFSHORE |
5/17/13 |
52 |
+2 | 5/10/13 |
+5 |
5/18/12 |
INTERNATIONAL |
04/2013 |
1301 |
+33 |
3/2013 |
+123 |
4/2012 |
World Oilfield Forum
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Permalink Reply by Big Al on 20 years NEVER saw ANY Safety man climb the derrick to inspect ropes, Safety Lines ect..Just take a Good Talking Worms word on it Oh and Put your Safety Glasses On
Permalink Reply by Darryl L. Hubbard on safety hands are great if they have a drilling back ground.but lately all we get are these fast track one that don't have a clue how a rig works.and they think just because they have the power to stop the job they should every job every time.ours stop a job the other day for no reason when i ask him why he stopped us he said because he could and we had to do the job his way.i told him WRONG again.
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Permalink Reply by Darryl W. Maddox on The best safety people are those who have done the job enough to understand where the dangers are. They must understand the mechanical, hydraulic and electrical systems with which they work and care enough to look out for the new guys who don't. Most experienced rig people I have met in my short 6 years of experience. As for saftey people, some I have met knew a lot about safety in general but not much about drilling rigs specifically and some didn't know much about anything. Before coming to the oil field I worked as a geophysicst (MS in physics), as a geologist (BS in geology) and taught physics at community colleges for 20 years. After a safety meeting discussing the dangers of falling objects in which the safety man presented the company prepared program the derrick hand came over to me and said "That wasn't even close to right was it? to which I replied "No, it wasn't". He then said "I may not remember much from that high school physics class but I thought I remembered that much". Now when a derick man with a high school education knows more about falling objects than the safety man, I have to ask myself why I should believe anything else these guys are saying or do I go with what the rig hands say. My vote as a mud logger who is 3rd generation oil field is: "go with the rig hands" unless and until the safety guy can prove he knows what he is talking about.
Permalink Reply by shahram vatanparast on I totally agree with those who believes Safety Man with hands experiences can give better and pragmatic and tangible advice to the rig crew. However , it is not a case always, and some people come to rig site without background in rig, and it is worse if they are not good command in their safety knowledge that make them fun for the rig crew(who are the shame for this profession). I am in health safety profession around 10 years and i believe health and safety professional job is one of the challenging career particularity in oil industry, and it is not intellectual to expect every health and safety officer know every single part of drilling operation in addition to other skills such as accident investigation, psychology, communication. regulation and technological update.etc. A good rig hand always try to help health and safety professional when there is lack of understanding operation by explaining the details and use safety professional skills to prevent accidents and in overall improving health and safety culture.
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