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Muster point

Meaning in oil, gas & mining, with examples

nounCommon term

In oil, gas & mining, muster point means: A marked safe place where everyone must gather during an alarm or emergency so that supervisors can count people and see if anyone is missing.

In Turkish: toplanma noktası, toplanma alanı, acil durum toplanma yeri

How it is used

Also called an assembly point; on offshore platforms people muster at lifeboat stations. The verb is 'muster': 'all personnel muster at point B'. Drills test how quickly everyone musters and is accounted for. Sites often have primary and secondary points, chosen by wind direction.

Example sentences

  1. When the general alarm sounds, go to your muster point and report to the area warden.

  2. Everyone was at the muster point within six minutes of the alarm.

Common collocations

  • muster drill
  • muster station
  • go to the muster point
  • head count
  • H2SThe chemical formula of hydrogen sulphide, a colourless, highly toxic gas found in some wells and mines. It smells of rotten eggs at low levels but can quickly deaden the sense of smell.
  • HSEShort for health, safety and environment: the rules, people and systems a company uses to protect workers, the public and nature from harm.
  • gas detectorAn electronic device that measures dangerous gases such as H2S, methane or carbon monoxide, or a lack of oxygen, and sounds an alarm when levels become unsafe.
  • platformA large structure standing on the seabed or floating at sea that holds the equipment and living quarters needed to drill wells or produce oil and gas offshore.

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