Grant Beneficiary Institution: Düzce University
Lot and Sector Information: Lot 1/Mining/Drilling
Project Stakeholders (Co-Applicant/Participant):
Co-applicant: Istanbul Ticaret University
Participant: Marmara Regional Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA)
Project Duration: 15 months
Total Project Budget: EUR 177,623.88
Implementation Areas: Turkey, Marmara Region, Ankara, Kocaeli, Istanbul, Edirne, Tekirdağ
Project Objectives: The overall objective of the project is to make technical improvements in the field (mud pools, etc.) in order to reduce occupational accidents in drilling works; to develop a software-supported risk assessment ecosystem that can be automatically updated in line with digital, interactive and obtained data (such as acid measurement results, steel deformation data, etc.), to make this applicable at drilling sites and to raise the awareness of stakeholders on occupational health and safety.
Activities / Outputs:
1. Providing Occupational Health and Safety Training
- Occupational Health and Safety training will be provided to the target group of 2000 people, consisting of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA) staff and subcontractor employees (total 500 people) working in 41 drilling wells in 8 drilling sites operating under the Marmara Regional Directorate of MTA, and their family members.
- Videos related to OHS will be prepared to be used in digital media during and after the training.
- Marmara Regional Directorate of MTA, which is a participant in the project, will participate in the trainings and provide support.
2. Study Visit
- Within the scope of this activity, a study visit will be organised to a university in Germany along with 6 participants. During the study visit, it is aimed to examine the occupational health and safety practices in Germany on site.
3. Sectoral Risk Assessment
- A risk assessment database will be created with the contribution of academicians who give lectures in the Occupational Health and Safety graduate and doctorate programmes at the grant beneficiary institution and co-applicant universities (Düzce University and İstanbul Ticaret University). This database will be supported by software systems. The aforementioned risk assessment database software will allow the entry and updating of data such as the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), steel wire rope strength, acid measurement, etc. that come from the field, the holistic evaluation of the risks in the drilling sites within the scope of the project, and their monitoring by the risk assessment team.
- The risk assessment database software developed within the scope of the project can be used for risk assessment in other fields within the Directorate General of MTA in the future.
4. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Tracking
- It is aimed to monitor the use of PPE by those working at the drilling site through software and other transmitters to be placed in PPEs.
- The obtained data on the use of PPE will be collected in the risk assessment database software to be used in risk assessment.
5. Automation of steel part deformation measurements
- With this activity, thinning, distortion, elongation and deformation measurements of steel coils and steel ropes that are connected to drilling weights used in drilling sites will be made automatically and the measurement results will be relayed to the risk assessment software.
- The data obtained will be used to identify and evaluate the risks associated with steel wire ropes. In addition, with this activity, it will be ensured that control processes are carried out on time and without interruption, that the operating performance is increased, and that situations arising from human errors are eliminated at the source.
6. Improvement of Mud Pools
- In order to improve both the environmental safety and the occupational safety at the drilling sites, guardrails that are 110 cm high and resistant up to 125 kilograms will be manufactured for the mud pools in accordance with the legislation and warning signs will be hung on them.
- Areas with mud pools will be illuminated, monitored by fixed cameras, and an automatic warning system will be activated when necessary.
7. Acid measurement
- If acid is used in drilling wells, acid measurements will be made in the wells by means of sensors and the exposure level will be determined. The data obtained as a result of the measurement will be conveyed to the risk assessment database software and will be used in the risk assessment.
- Employees will be informed about the occupational health and safety rules that should be observed in studies that are carried out using acid.
- Where necessary, membrane insulation will be applied, and acidic mud will be disposed of correctly and in an environmental-friendly manner.
Expected outputs: Intended outputs specific to the determined target group (employee/employer/student etc.), tangible objectives.
- Performing risk assessment in 41 drilling wells,
- Providing OHS Training to 2500 drilling employees,
- Providing OHS awareness training to 2500 families,
- Filming of 2 public service announcements, 2 videos, 2 educational short films
- Installing acid concentration measuring sensor systems in 41 drilling wells,
- Installing steel wire rope strength gauge system in 41 drilling wells,
- Membrane application to 41 mud pools,
- Installing PPE tracking system in 41 drilling wells
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Project Website: Grant Beneficiary Website: https://duzce.edu.tr/
Contact e-mail: yasarsen@duzce.edu.tr