On labor protection - from the students’ bench

Seminar-competition devoted to practical aspects of labor protection, occupational safety and industrial injury was held among senior students of the Branch of the RSU of Oil and Gas (NRU) named after I.M.Gubkin in Tashkent city.

 Students of the following educational profiles presented their developments in the form of presentations and videos: “Development of oil, gas and gas condensate deposits”, “Technologies of geological and geophysical exploration” and “Economics of oil and gas”.

As it has been noted by the project participants, one of the first authors

and the developers of the current topic were made by Mikhail Lomonosov: in 1742 he published his work “The First Foundations of Metallurgy and Ore Affairs” in which for the first time considered a number of issues of occupational safety of workers. Currently, the era of globalization encourages industrial enterprises of the fuel and energy complex related to the external market to orient themselves towards international standards of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility of organizations that imply the active participation of the enterprise in ensuring safe working conditions. As it is known, modern oil and gas facilities occupy vast territories, and emergency situations that may arise thereto will adversely affect the ecological state of the environment, as well as the life and health of a large number of people. The speakers have noted that safety of such facilities is crucially important. Labor protection at the enterprises of the oil and gas industry must be strictly observed: it is important to monitor the compliance of indicators of existing sanitary standards and safety rules, only with their help the company can fully concentrate on the main objectives and calmly carry out its activities.

During the event the competitors having been divided into three teams, examined in detail how labor protection and the security system in the oil and gas industry are currently implemented.

For example, members of the team of group URG 15-01 (gas specialists) using their materials explained emergency prevention and occupational safety activities, group UGR-15-01 (geologists) spoke about explosive seismic exploration, a team of economists (EEE 15-01) - presented a video on safety in the office.

As it turned out, even a plastic container with water can pose a potential hazard if it is in close proximity to a computer. According to the results of the event organized by the Council of the Trade unions of Tashkent city of March 1, 2019 № 18-5, members of the working commission praised participants of all teams and wished to pass the city’s final competition and take first place in it.

                   Press Service of the Branch.