BEHAVIOR BASED SAFETY IN ACTION. A CASE STUDY AND FIELD TEST RESULTS IN SIX OIL AND GAS DRILLING RIGS IN KUWAIT

Adrian TOMA, Roland Iosif MORARU, Mihai POPESCU-STELEA

Abstract


The research aims to perform a systematic scientific investigation of the factors affecting the implementation of the behavior-based safety approach in the oil and gas industry. Six drilling and work-over rigs from the state of Kuwait which belongs to four different drilling contractor companies were chosen for the case study and behavioral observations were conducted. Baseline observations were conducted in June and July 2023. Based on 4,041 observations from all rigs, the data collected and analyzed were processed and interpreted, indicating a safe working environment and/or where is still room for improvement in safe working behaviors. Adequate site-specific intervention methods are proposed to exert a positive impact on workers so that in the very near future the number of at-risk behaviors gradually decreases from one observation session to the next.


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