Coiled Tubing Operations Industry Recommended Practice (IRP) ensures guidelines for coiled tubing are in place and readily available for all personnel involved in the development, planning, and completion of coiled tubing operations.

Important safety resources related winter slips, trips and falls.

A worker was injured when a sudden release of wellbore pressure caused the disconnection of the flow ‘T’ from the wellhead.

Bill C-65 - the Workplace Harassment and Violence Regulations, will come into force, along with the accompanying code provision, on January 1, 2021.

Shortly after a fuel leak on a semi-trailer truck was repaired at a dealership, the driver noticed it was leaking again. While en route to the dealership to get it fixed, the driver was unaware that fuel was leaking on the exhaust manifold. The driver was overcome as the A/C system pumped carbon monoxide from the burning fuel into the cabin and struck a parked car in the dealership parking lot.

During the winter months, nearly one-third of all work-related crashes result in lost time and injury. In oil and gas, driving injuries are the fifth most common type of WCB claim across all western provinces, and the number one work-related fatality.

Two workers were removing an alignment bolt from an out-of-service pumpjack horse head at a storage yard. The horse head was connected to the walking beam and situated in an upright position, therefore containing stored energy. “Worker A” was positioned under the walking beam. When “Worker B” began removing the alignment bolt, the walking beam collapsed, crushing and fatally injuring “Worker A”.

Energy Safety Canada is seeking industry feedback on its draft publication, Supervisor Competency: How to Build and Use a Supervisor Competency Program.

Regardless of the economic environment, employers require a workforce that is educated, skilled and productive. Funding for training is available through the Canada-Alberta Job Grant, which helps Alberta employers develop workers with in-demand skills for our labour market.