At Venture Energy Service, we emphasize the safety of our employees and customers and do everything in our power to provide a safe working environment. Our mandatory safety and training program currently includes:
Safety Manual
The safety manual is the nerve center to the safety program at Venture Energy Service. Using pre-made safety programs and our own industry-specific written materials, the safety manual has been laid out to protect workers in the oil and gas industry.
The safety manual, like any safety policy, is an ever-changing document. When new and improved ideas are discovered, proper incorporations are made for the benefit of VES and our employees.
Stop-Work Program
All of Venture Energy Service employees are subjected to a Stop-Work program. If at any time an employee sees or is involved in a task in which an unsafe or dangerous condition arises or safety is not understood, it is the employee’s responsibility and duty to stop the task and aid in mitigating the dangers present.
Zero Accident Philosophy
Our company is dedicated to a Zero-Accident philosophy. We believe that all accidents are preventable first and foremost by means of engineering or administrative controls and lastly by the use of personal protective equipment.
Drug/Alcohol Screening Program
Our employees are subject to drug and alcohol screening for the following reasons:
- Pre-Employment (always)
- Reasonable Suspicion
- Random
- Post-Incident (always)
- Wall to Wall
Orientation Program
All new hires are required to go through a safety orientation. This orientation is a PowerPoint presentation complete with pictures and videos that covers the basics of safety policies adopted by the company. Forms accompany the presentation at various points after each topic is discussed and employees provide a signature and date as a pledge of understanding what is expected of them. There is also a form declaring that employees have received a copy of the company’s most recent safety manual edition and that they are responsible for knowing and abiding by all policies.
Job Safety Analysis (JSA’s)
The JSA are written directly from OSHA’s website regarding oil and gas well drilling and servicing. JSA’s are used as guidance for Toolbox Talk safety meetings.
- Each crew is required to complete a JSA in which each member has the opportunity to provide hazards and protective measures regarding the shift’s tasks.
- Fall Protection Inspections — Anyone using fall protection gear is required to document an inspection of the equipment before its usage to determine if the device(s) are safe to use.
- Confined Space Permits — When a confined space must be entered, a permit system is used to ensure safe entrance and exit from the space.
- Equipment Inspections — Where equipment (Forklift, Backhoe, etc.) are present on site, only certified Venture Energy employees are allowed to operate the machine.
Training
All training will be conducted in house by the HSE Manager. (PEC-Safeland, OSHA 10-30 hour, H2S Certification, Medical Evaluations, Fit Test Certification, Forklift Certification, DISA DOT and Non-DOT Drug Testing, Fall Protection Training, Haz Com Training, etc.) Any training not performed in house will be from an outside entity that is certified to perform the training.
Employees are also subjected to any specialized training at our customers’ request pre-job kickoff.