Workplace injuries directly impact workers and their families and cost employers millions of dollars annually. Parachute’s National Injury Prevention Day raises awareness around the importance of injury prevention.

A welder was seriously injured by an excavator boom during pipeline maintenance. 

Occupational disease is a leading cause of workplace-related deaths in the oil and gas industry. This is largely due to exposures to hazards such as chemicals and other hazardous substances. Exposure control plans are vital to worker health and safety.

While using a steam wand the hose disconnected and steam went up the operator’s left sleeve causing a burn to the left forearm.

Underbalanced Drilling and Managed Pressure Drilling Operations Using Jointed Pipe Industry Recommended Practice (IRP) provides an overview of underbalanced and managed pressure drilling operations, a RMD checklist and a hazard and risk assessment register. This IRP has four parts: Underbalanced and Managed Pressure Drilling Operations; RMD Checklist; MPD Checklist; and Hazard and Risk Assessment Register - Risk Register.

Wellbore Remediation Industry Recommended Practice (IRP) provides best practices for performing efficient, long-lasting wellbore remediation while mitigating impacts to the environment and protecting groundwater.

Health and Safety Committees (HSCs) and Representatives (HSRs) provide a system for workers and employers to identify workplace health and safety issues and find solutions related to COVID-19.

A worker was injured while making up the bottom-hole assembly (BHA).

IRP 13 (formerly Slickline Operations) focuses on equipment, practices and maintenance to ensure safe operation of wireline related equipment.

A worker sustained an eye injury while exposing buried cables.