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Relationship between operator situation awareness and physiological states during complex and critical offshore well control scenarios
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2017)
Incident reviews of oil spill events (both large and small) suggest that human error, or more appropriately “systems error”, is a contributor to 50% of well control incidents (primarily kicks). The purpose of this study ...
Fatigue monitoring in offshore energy operations: Research to Practice gaps
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2016)
The oil and gas extraction (OGE) industry continues to experience an elevated fatality rate; from 2010-2014 fatality the rate in this industry was nearly seven times higher than that for all U.S. workers. OGE workers are ...
Procedural Performance: Possible Costs of Time Pressure, Shift Change, and Task Complexity
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2018)
Procedural tasks, which typically involve performing a sequence of steps in a regular and consistent manner, are an inherent part of almost all high-risk industrial settings. Further, it is not uncommon for a need to arrive ...