How Workers Are Getting Hurt
Workers involved in oil and gas production are exposed to a significant risk of death or injury from being struck by various objects in the workplace. A significant portion of all work related injuries and fatalities in the oil and gas industry involve workers being struck in the eyes, head, face, hand, and or feet by foreign objects.
Hard hats protect workers from common oil and gas hazards.
Two major factors causing these injuries have been identified:
- Personal protective equipment was not being worn the vast majority of the time.
- When some type of protective equipment was worn, it did not fully protect the worker.
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3-2. Which of the following is one of the two major factors causing struck-by injuries?
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