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Occupational Health 2018 Journal of Nursing and Health Studies
ISSN: 2574-2825 Page 29
May 28-29, 2018
London, UK
4th Edition of International Conference on
Occupational Health and
Safety
Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) is one of the major oil and
gas exploration industry in the State of Kuwait and its
operational facilities spread all over the Country and the area
for its operation is about 1,000 . KOC consists of major
oil and gas drilling and processing facilities spread all over
West, South East and North Kuwait fields. Various Occupational
Health (OH) hazards are present in the regular operations of
the company and Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials
(NORM) is considered as one among the OH hazards. NORM
exposure may lead into occupational illnesses to the workers.
Qualitative risk assessment was carried out and the risk
assessment identified NORM as one of the OH risky factors
in the activities related to drilling and other operations in the
company. The risk assessment recommended an exposure
evaluation for NORM in most of operational and drilling
facilities in the company. As recommended, an exposure
evaluation was carried out in the area and personnel level in
the selected operational and drilling facilities for assessing
the current NORM exposure among the workforce in the
company. This paper outlines the methods and results of
the exposure evaluation and quantification of occupational
exposures to NORM among the workforce in the company and
such estimated exposures is used as a baseline for assessing
the future impacts. Exposure evaluation is expected to aid for
developing OH database on NORM for use in local regulations
and resource allocations for the intervention in the oil and gas
sectors in Kuwait.
Biography
Yousef Al-Yousifi is currently working as Chief Industrial Hygienist (CIH) for
Health & Environment Team in Corporate HSE Group at Kuwait Oil Compa-
ny. He has graduated in Genetics fromAberdeen University, UK. His areas of
expertise are Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Management. He has
more than 12 years of experience in Industrial Hygiene, Exposure Assess-
ment and Environmental Studies and Management. He has involved with
many occupational health and environmental initiatives e.g., implementa-
tion of contractor’s pre and periodical medical examinations, hazardous job
evaluation, exposure evaluation of OH hazards, NORM management pro-
gram and other projects in KOC, Kuwait.
Evaluation of workplace exposure to naturally occurring
radioactive materials (norm) in an oil & gas industry, state of
Kuwait
Yousef Al-Yousifi, Ali Al-Failakawi, Zainab Hussain and Ramalingam Ayyappan
Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait
Yousef Al-Yousifi et al., J Nurs Health Stud 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2574-2825-C2-005