Case Study Of Orpic, Oman Oil Refineries And Petroleum Industry

1 Introduction:
1.1 General:
Orpic, Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company.Created from the integration of three companies - Oman Refineries and Petrochemicals Company LLC (ORPC), Aromatics Oman LLC (AOL) and Oman Polypropylene (OPP) - Orpic is one of Oman`s largest companies and is one of the rapidly growing businesses in the Middle East`s oil industry.
The refineries are at Sohar and Muscat, as well as our aromatics and polypropylene production plants in the Sohar complex, provide fuels, chemicals and feedstock to Oman and to the world.
Our team of more than 1,600 employees - the majority Omanis - work across these four plants with the common goal of building an integrated Omani refining and petrochemicals business of which

workers can be exposed by different hazards that’s effect the health and safety environment for that our aim is to improve the existing HSE management system.
2. Management of Mechanical, chemical and electrical hazards within the plant:
2.1 Mechanical Hazard:
The primary hazards present by mechanical hazards:
2.2.1 Entanglement:
2.1.2.1 The common causes of Entanglement:
• Wearing loose clothing or trailing drawstrings
• Failing to disconnect power before clearing blockages
• Carrying out maintenance with machine running
• Wearing loose clothing or trailing drawstrings
2.1.2.2 The consequences of Entanglement:
Losing figure, injury, loosing cloth, long hair, eye injury
2.1.2.3 Control measure Entanglement of

2.2.2.3 Control Measure of Electrical burns
 Tag out and log out
 Inspection and maintenance
 Isolation
 Reduce low voltage system
2.2.3 Electrical fires – Much electrical equipment generate hot or produces spark and this equipment should not be placed where this could lead to the uncontrolled ignition of any substance
2.2.3.1 The common causes of Electrical fires
• Wiring with defects such as insulation failure due to age or poor maintenance
• Overheating of cables or other electrical equipment through overloading with current above their design capacity
• Incorrect fuse rating
• Poor connections due to lack of maintenance or unskilled
• Flammable material near electrical equipment 2.2.3.2 The Consequences of Electrical fires:
• Fire, explosion, damage to equipment, injury, high pressure, damage to property.

2.2.3.3 Control Measure of Electrical