Safety
Engineer
Jay W. Preston, CSP, PE, CMIOSH
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Jay W. Preston, CSP, PE, CMIOSH
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PETROLEUM INDUSTRY SAFETY:
Good familiarity with drilling practices, supervision, loss control procedures, and accident reduction measures on a rig. Should the specifics of the situation require it, I also have contacts in the testing profession for more sophisticated expertise such as electron microscopy and the determination if a site’s hardware was within specifications. Conducted many accident investigations in refineries and producing environments. New Release, 2004: Refinery Safety: Benefit Not Burden. The proceedings from a UCLA-LOSH-sponsored conference of the same name are included in this book. Topics presented include: "Overview of Hazards to Workers," by Dr. Ruth Heifetz and Jay W. Preston. |
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Relevant experience dates to on the job training with Liberty
Mutual in the hazards of drilling operations in 1969. Subsequent to this, I took it on
myself to study much of the safety information published by the API. While employed by
Liberty, I provided safety consulting services for some units of Terminal Drilling
Company, WODECO, and others. With Chubb/Pacific Indemnity, I headed up the company`s loss
prevention activities for such clients as Tiger Drilling and producers such as Doheney.
With Great American, I worked on aspects of various oil concerns such as Finley Production
and Noble Construction. My heaviest career involvement was on the Tiger Drilling account.
This firm had five rigs going for the years that I was consulting with them for Chubb,
including one offshore.
I have taught my students at U.S.C. quite a bit about the oil patch,
because many of them are from oil producing companies and countries. The drilling floor
has a myriad of hazards and is relatively unknown to most collegians, but serves as a good
model for learning the control of hazards generally..
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and SAFETYBIZ. are registered service marks of Jay
William Preston.