COMPARATIVE STUDY ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY CONCEPTS FOR OIL & GAS PRODUCTION OPERATORS

Abstract

The article presents the results of a comparative analysis of the interpretations of the concept of «occupational safety of an oil and gas production operator» in the Russian regulatory framework and scientific literature. Special attention is paid to comparing the approaches of Russian and foreign oil and gas companies to ensuring the occupational safety of oil and gas production operators, and the strengths and weaknesses of the approaches of Russian and foreign oil and gas companies to the occupational safety of workers in this profession are identified. The article concludes that the modern understanding of the occupational safety of an oil and gas production operator is evolving from mere compliance with rules towards an integrated system combining technology, organization, risk management, and the human factor. Based on the conducted research, the authors' definition of the occupational safety of oil and gas production operators is formulated as a dynamic state of protection of the vital interests of the oil and gas production operator from the impact of hazardous factors, achieved through the functioning of an integrated system that includes technical reliability, organizational stability, regulatory legitimacy, and the psychophysiological readiness of the operator.