More than 77 dead in oil workshops and companies in Algeria
Sonatrach's headquarters.
Algeria’s energy group Sonatrach sounded the alarm after three years of census where more than 77 victims mostly workers in different headwaters oil ranks and workshops in Algeria.
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Algeria’s energy group Sonatrach sounded the alarm after three years of census where more than 77 victims mostly workers in different headwaters oil ranks and workshops in Algeria. The latest one was the dredger oil incident in Kassi Twil region belonging to oil fields in Hassi Massaoud (south of Algeria) where two people died and a man reported missing in addition to more than 10 injured workers with dangerous degrees.
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Sources confirmed to Echorouk that the human factor is the fatal accidents’ main cause by 80 percent, as recorded annually approximately 40 incidents in different refineries and pumping units of the same company, which intended to recycle more than 120 thousand workers in all disciplines in 2014.
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To reduce this phenomenon this commissioned the state treasury huge amounts of money after those registered disasters during the previous years.
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A total of 12 thousand workers benefited from knowledge and advance technologies in the formation of special formations by foreign experts, including Norwegians in last few years, where they managed to reduce the occupational accidents number at low levels in less than five years.
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Sonatrach is to enable 300 workers to be formed in the industrial security next week in “Sheraton” hotel in Oran under the supervision of professors from the Institute of Petroleum to reduce errors and receive guidance which would reduce potential dangers in major oil projects. Investigations led by authorities revealed the killing of 13 insured workers last year, and 35 others died in only 2005, which bring the alert and increase vigilance and caution in applying the security and prevention instructions
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The new scheme in coordination with foreign executives since aims at teaching workers how to maintain Sonatrach’s properties. It is described as the national economy lifeline. The plan is also meant to encourage them to implement necessary measures and instructions to avoid danger. There is also an attempt to change old mentalities.
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