Work Related Injuries in an Oil field in Oman

• Main Authors: Abdullah Al-Maniri, Faisal Rabia Al-Rubaee
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oman Medical Specialty Board 2011-09-01
• Series: Oman Medical Journal
• Subjects: work-related injuries; Occupational injuries; Petroleum Development of Oman; Harweel; oil field
• Online Access: http://journals.indexcopernicus.com/fulltxt.php?ICID=968867

 Objectives: The aim of this paper is to describe the epidemiology of occupational injuries in the Harweel oil field, Oman.Methods: The study is based on data gathered from a computerized database maintained by Petroleum Development of Oman (PDO). All non-fatal work-related occupational injuries registered between April 2007 and December 2009 were gathered and analyzed.Results: A total of 170 work-related injuries were reported during the study period. Foreign body to the eye was the most common type of injury (27.6�20encountered among all injuries, followed by man falls/slips (11.8� Injury to the upper extremities accounted for the largest percentage (38.8�20among other body parts. While, a significant portion of the injuries (52�20affected workers aged less than 30 years. The average injury rate per 1000 exposed workers per year was 19.8.Conclusion: The study outlines the types of injuries most commonly encountered in the oil field in Oman. Additional data is required in order to devise proper epidemiological analysis. Establishing a comprehensive surveillance system for injuries is essential to ascertain factors influencing such injuries.