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900 Oil and Gas Safety Management
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Contractor Selection Criteria

It's traditional to select oil and gas contractors based on three criteria:

  • low bidder
  • lower bidder
  • lowest bidder who can start now
Worker standing amidst work site
When considering contractors, be sure to check their safety performance.

However, in a world-class oil and gas company that understands the importance of safety, they will not make a safety-related decision based solely on cost.

Those companies will use the following criteria:

  • Total Case Incidence Rate (TCIR)
  • Experience Modification Rate (EMR) of less than 1.0
  • past safety performance
  • site-specific safety plan development
  • key management and worker experience

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

2-5. A world-class oil and gas company that understands the importance of safety will NOT make a safety-related decision based _____.