Safety—or lack of it—in petroleum extraction has been in the news, e.g., “BP Lacked ‘Basic Safety’ in North Sea before Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, HSE Investigation Finds” (Telegraph),
“New Rules on Offshore Oil Drilling; Ban Closer to Being Lifted” (Los Angeles Times), and “BP Forms ‘Powerful’ New Safety Unit” (BBC).
As noted in a previous blog, the DDC numbers for safety in extracting oil are similar to the numbers for mine safety, a topic discussed in another blog.
The interdisciplinary number for safety in extracting petroleum (oil and gas) is 363.119622338 Occupational and industrial hazards in petroleum extraction (built with 363.119 Occupational and industrial hazards in specific industries and occupations plus 622.338 Oil, oil shales, tar sands, natural gas, following instructions at 363.119001–363.119999 Subdivisions for specific industries and occupations). An example is Safety and Health in the Oil and Gas Extractive Industries: Luxembourg, 19 and 20 April 1983.
Works that focus on safety in offshore drilling for petroleum are classed in 363.11962233819 Occupational and industrial hazards in offshore drilling for petroleum (built with 363.119 plus 622.33819 Offshore drilling, following instructions at 363.119001–363.119999). An example is Safety and Related Issues Pertaining to Work on Offshore Petroleum Installations, which has the LCSH “Offshore oil well drilling—Safety measures—Congresses.”
Works that focus on safety engineering in extraction of petroleum are classed in 622.8 Mine health and safety. All the numbers for engineering of petroleum extraction, including 622.338 Oil, oil shales, tar sands, natural gas and 622.33819 Offshore drilling, have the footnote: “Do not use notation T1—0289 from Table 1 for safety measures; class in 622.8.” An example of a work classed in 622.8 is Safety on the Rig, which has the LCSH “Oil fields—Safety measures.”
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