Industrial Operations and Safety

Scenes from industrial settings, including rocket assembly and rescue operations. The images highlight engineering, safety practices, and the complexity of modern technology.

Firefighters practice Industrial Search and Rescue at an abandoned oil refinery in California.

Preparations are underway to lift the fourth and final solid rocket booster (SRB) for the United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket into the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida on June 9, 2020. The SRB will be lifted and mated to the Atlas V booster in the VIF. The Mars Perseverance rover is scheduled to launch in July 2020, atop the Atlas V rocket from Pad 41. The rover is part of NASAs Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The rovers seven instruments will search for habitable conditions in the ancient past and signs of past microbial life on Mars. The Launch Services Program at Kennedy is responsible for launch management.

Firefighters practice Industrial Search and Rescue at an abandoned oil refinery in California.

Images around a refining complex

Engineer working on a wind turbine

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building, workers are securing the sling attachment of the overhead crane that will lift the orbiter Atlantis into high bay 3. After Atlantis is lifted and moved into the high bay, the orbiter will be lowered and mated with the external tank and solid rocket boosters already stacked on the mobile launcher platform. Atlantis' launch window begins Aug. 28. During its 11-day mission to the International Space Station, the STS-115 crew of six astronauts will install the Port 3/4 truss segment with its two large solar arrays.

Marine fire brigade in Den Helder practices in the harbor area of Den Helder (April 1990) at the Mijnenveger Hr.Ms. Naarden (1956-1996).

Heavy construction equipment

Construction workers on the deck of the mobile launcher at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, prepare to install a vehicle support post. A total of eight support posts are being installed to support the load of the Space Launch System's (SLS) solid rocket boosters, with four posts for each of the boosters. The support posts are about five feet tall and each weigh about 10,000 pounds. The posts will structurally support the SLS rocket through T-0 and liftoff, and will drop down before vehicle liftoff to avoid contact with the flight hardware. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is overseeing installation of the support posts to prepare for the launch of the Orion spacecraft atop the SLS rocket.

Manual worker

Man on crane working on mast

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker on Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, gets ready to attach a cable to the Mars Exploration Rover 2 (MER-2), inside the transport canister. After it is lifted into the launch tower, it will be mated to the Delta II rocket for launch. MER-2 is one of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers designed to study the history of water on Mars. These robotic geologists are equipped with a robotic arm, a drilling tool, three spectrometers, and four pairs of cameras that allow them to have a human-like, 3D view of the terrain. Each rover could travel as far as 100 meters in one day to act as Mars scientists' eyes and hands, exploring an environment where humans can't yet go. MER-2 is scheduled to launch no earlier than June 8 as MER-A.

Engineer performing maintenance on top of a wind turbine nacelle outdoors

Securing of load

SLS Intertank Test Article, ITA, is attached to crosshead of load test Annex, Bldg. 4619, and removed from bed of KMAG transporter. Rob Ziegler, (L), and Roger Myrick (R), of Aerie Aerospace attach load lines to Aft Load Ring of Intertank Test Article.

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Technicians remove special planks covering tracks as NASA's mobile launcher, atop crawler-transporter 2, moves into High Bay 3 at the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on Sept. 8, 2018, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mobile launcher departed Launch Pad 39B after several days of testing with the pad. This is the first time that the modified mobile launcher made the trip to the pad and the VAB. The mobile launcher will spend seven months in the VAB undergoing testing. The 380-foot-tall structure is equipped with the crew access arm and several umbilicals that will provide power, environmental control, pneumatics, communication and electrical connections to the agency's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft. Exploration Ground Systems is preparing the ground systems necessary to launch SLS and Orion on Exploration Mission-1, missions to the Moon and on to Mars.

Coast Guard Personnel - Supplies - 26-HK-84-194. Hurricane Katrina

Germany, Bavaria, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Zugspitze, installer climbing ladder on pole at goods cable lift

Firemen practice Industrial Search and Rescue training in an old incinerator building.

Tower crane workers "tie in" crane to the main building at aprox 13 stories.

220111-N-SI601-1008 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Jan. 11, 2022) Seaman Erin Schwarz, from Gulfport, Mississippi, prepares to climb scaffolding in the hangar bay aboard the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

Worker Spray Painting the Side of a Boat

Construction Worker Using Equipment

France, Paris, Defense, Follow-Up Of Building Site For Vinci

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jordan Haller works with Staff Sgt. Javier Criado to repair a clogged sewage system on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Aug. 1, 2022. Fresh air is cycled through the service room for the duration of the repair.

Men load cranberries onto a truck in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. (silhouette)

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket is seen as arrives at Pad-0A, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman's 10th contracted cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station will deliver about 7,500 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. Launch is scheduled for Nov. 15 at 4:49 a.m. EST.

Drilling for groundwater, near Hanford, California

The Utah National Guard FEMA Region VIII Homeland Response Force held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Collapsed Structure Venue Site May 10, 2022. The CSVS is one of only three military owned Urban Search and Rescue training venues west of the Rocky Mountains. This CSVS will allow both military search and extract and civilian search and rescue teams the opportunity to train together and build those necessary partnerships needed in an all hazards response.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 39B, a worker cuts into a portion of the leaking ground support liquid hydrogen vent line on the south side of the Mobile Launcher Platform to conduct a sample analysis on it. The leak in the line caused the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-110 April 4 to be scrubbed. The Shuttle Mission Management Team rescheduled the launch for April 8.

Cable lineman standing on a ladder to repair transmission line

Engineer climbing out of a wind turbine nacelle during maintenance outdoors

Person Climbing A Ladder At An Oil Refinery

Members in support of Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) unbolt a spectacle blind to remove residual fuel from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility Jan. 24, 2024, Halawa, Hawaii. JTF-RH is now in Defueling Phase 5.B where personnel are focused on removing residual fuel and transitioning with the NCTF-RH. The transition will focus on NCTF-RH learning JTF-RHs processes and procedures for safety, security, and engagement to ensure continuity of operations. During this phase, JTF-RH retains command and control over the RHBFSF Joint Operational Area (JOA) and will synchronize actions to rebuild trust with Federal, State and local stakeholders.

Diverse team of knowleadgeable engineers using pressure measurement device to check liquids and gases in air conditioner and write inspection and safety check report on clipboard

A Coast Guard member from ANT Hampton performs navigation light maintenance on a range tower at U.S. Coast Guard Station Little Creek. The range towers helped guide vessels in and away from shoal water.

Workers lifting basket on site

Asian manual worker pushing wooden spool

full shot man with safety equipment ladder

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builders tightening bolts on a banister

Both of technicians is installing solar panels on the roof of the warehouse to change solar energy into electrical energy for use in factories. Both of technicians is installing solar panels on the roof of the warehouse to change solar energy into electrical energy for use in factories. ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/SunanxWongsa-ngax 21307603 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Worker Painting a Boat

Working at a granite quarry.

A771700 U7AQ SANDREEF DOWNHOLE OPERATION BROUILLARD(Project Engineer) OCT 21 77EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 10/21/1977 BROUILLARD, JOHN; DOWNHOLE; DOWNHOLE OPERATION; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NETS; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; SANDREEF; SHAFT TEST; SHAFTS; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPONS RELATED; WIRE & CABLES historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Caucasian worker climbing tower on site

Engineer and construction worker communicating on rooftop solar project

Worker operating machinery on oil rig

Welding work on car body repair in the garage. Truck repair, car repair

ArcticNet scientist collects sample of juvenile fish using a Rectangular Mid-Water Trawl deployed from the foredeck of the CGGS Amundsen, Baffin Bay, Nunavut, Canada

Technicians ready two NASA Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket boosters for mating to the rockets two aft skirts on June 16, 2020, inside Kennedy Space Centers Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility. Together, the twin boosters provide more than 75 percent of the total SLS thrust at launch. Manufactured by Northrop Grumman in Promontory, Utah, the boosters arrived at Kennedy via train. The cross-country journey was an important milestone for the agencys Artemis I launch. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will test the Orion spacecraft and SLS as an integrated system prior to crewed missions to the Moon. Once the boosters are mated with the aft skirts, they will be moved to the Vehicle Assembly Building for stacking on the mobile launcher.

Austria, worker on hoist, positioning roof construction

Two men working on the maintenance of the world's longest cable-stayed suspended deck bridge near Patras, Greece.

Newport News Shipbuilding contractor Jessica Johnson, from Ivor, Virginia, grinds weld remnants aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), in Newport News, Virginia, July 19, 2022. The John C. Stennis is in Newport News Shipyard working alongside NNS, NAVSEA and contractors conducting Refueling and Complex Overhaul as part of the mission to deliver the warship back in the fight, on time and on budget, to resume its duty of defending the United States.

Firefighter working with hydraulic rescue equipment, final fire service drill of the young Stuttgart firefighters in autumn, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Man working in a harbour

Italy, Sicily, Trapani Province, Trapani. April 18, 2019. A fisherman pulling fish from his nets on his boat in the harbor of Trapani. (Editorial Use Only)

Zhoushan Shipbuilding Workers

Two men working on the maintenance of the world's longest cable-stayed suspended deck bridge near Patras, Greece.

Men in hard hats setting up net on tuna fishing boat 'Le Drennec' in Concarneau, Brittany, France. November 2006.

Loading freight into cargo hold of aircraft

New York, N.Y., Dec. 1, 2012 Electricians Juan Montoya and Steve Gagliardi of TC Electric work in the home of Vincent Ribaudo who's house was flooded during Hurricane Sandy. The repairs are part of a program that FEMA designed, in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the Sheltering and Temporary Essential Power (STEP) Pilot Program to assist State, local and Tribal governments in performing work and services essential to saving lives, protecting public health and safety, and protecting property. In particular, FEMA intends STEP to provide essential power to affected residences, thereby reducing the demand for other shelter options and allowing individuals to return to or remain in their home. New York, NY, Dec. 1, 2012--Electricians Juan Montoya and Steve Gagliardi of TC Electric work in the home of Vincent Ribaudo who's house was flooded during Hurricane Sandy. The repairs are part of a program that FEMA designed, in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the Shelterin

Oil Refinery Workers

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -At the slidewire basket area at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, a Mode II-IV exercise is under way that allows teams to practice an emergency response, including helicopter evacuation to local hospitals. The exercise involves NASA fire rescue personnel, volunteers portraying astronauts with simulated injuries, helicopters and personnel from the Air Forces 920th Rescue Wing and medical trauma teams at three central Florida hospitals. The Space Shuttle Program and U.S. Air Force are conducting the emergency simulation.

Matthew Bacnis, a Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Pearl Harbor Fuel Distribution System Specialist, gauges the fuel level of a tank aboard U.S. Navy Fuel Oil Barge (YON 328), at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH), Hawaii, Oct. 28, 2022. The unpacking operation will remove approximately one million gallons of fuel from three primary fuel pipelines connecting the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF) to fuel points on JBPHH. JTF-RH was established by the Department of Defense to ensure the safe and expeditious defueling of the RHBFSF.

High up in the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers complete mate operation of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V payload fairing, containing the Solar Orbiter spacecraft, to the Atlas V rocket on Jan. 31, 2020. Solar Orbiter is an international cooperative mission between ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA. The mission aims to study the Sun, its outer atmosphere and solar wind. The spacecraft will provide the first images of the Suns poles. NASAs Launch Services Program based at Kennedy is managing the launch. The spacecraft has been developed by Airbus Defence and Space. Solar Orbiter will launch in February 2020 aboard the Atlas V rocket.

Worker Spray Painting the Side of a Boat

A worker working with cables on a scaffolding

Construction worker on elevated platform using high-powered sprayer to paint wall

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (Sept. 22, 2022) - A firefighter, attached to Federal Fire Department Hawaii, conducts environmental testing during a spill response exercise Sept. 22, 2022. The exercise marks a significant milestone in the Department of Defenses ongoing planning for the safe defueling and closing of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. The exercise tested the Navys emergency spill response capabilities and its ability to work with multiple agencies to respond to a fuel oil release at the facility.

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Newport News Shipbuilding contractor Mark Bryant, from Virginia Beach, Virginia, marks frame lines aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), in Newport News, Virginia, April 28, 2022. The John C. Stennis is in Newport News Shipyard working alongside NNS, NAVSEA and contractors conducting Refueling and Complex Overhaul as part of the mission to deliver the warship back in the fight, on time and on budget, to resume its duty of defending the United States.

Hispanic electrician climbing on cell tower

Workers inspecting a wind turbine outdoors for maintenance and safety

The giant cleats of crawler-transporter 2 are in view as a technician monitors the progress of the move of NASA's mobile launcher, atop the crawler, into High Bay 3 at the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on Sept. 8, 2018, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mobile launcher departed Launch Pad 39B after several days of testing with the pad. This is the first time that the modified mobile launcher made the trip to the pad and the VAB. The mobile launcher will spend seven months in the VAB undergoing testing. The 380-foot-tall structure is equipped with the crew access arm and several umbilicals that will provide power, environmental control, pneumatics, communication and electrical connections to the agency's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft. Exploration Ground Systems is preparing the ground systems necessary to launch SLS and Orion on Exploration Mission-1, missions to the Moon and on to Mars.

Firefighter extinguishing a fire

Worker at garbage collection center

Maintenance engineer's in protective gear at wind farm

Members of the recovery team secure ropes and tether lines in the well deck of the USS San Diego during Underway Recovery Test 5 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. Using a test version of the Orion crew module, NASA's Ground Systems Development and Operations Program and the U.S. Navy are conducting a series of tests to prepare for recovery of Orion on its return from deep space missions. The testing will allow the team to demonstrate and evaluate recovery processes, procedures, hardware and personnel in open waters. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and NASA's Journey to Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. Orion is scheduled to launch on NASA's Space Launch System in late 2018.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Vibration and laser testing is being conducted on Ares I-X segments at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, team members (left to right) Michael Gillenwater and Joe Lucas configure the two, 250-hp Shaker Units that provide known input levels into the test article.

Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA and Jacobs TOSC workers monitor the progress as a cover, called the spider, will be attached to the top of the Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage pathfinder on Oct. 4, 2019. With the spider secured in place, a crane will be attached to it to lift the pathfinder into the vertical position. The 212-foot-long core stage pathfinder arrived on NASA's Pegasus Barge at Kennedys Launch Complex 39 turn basin wharf on Sept. 27, 2019. The Pegasus Barge made its first delivery to Kennedy in support of the agency's Artemis missions. The upgraded 310-foot-long barge arrived, ferrying the SLS core stage pathfinder, a full-scale mock-up of the rocket's core stage. It will be used by Exploration Ground Systems and its contractor, Jacobs, to practice offloading, moving and stacking maneuvers, using important ground support equipment to train employees and certify all the equipment works properly. The pathfinder will

Construction workers installing solar panel on rooftop with crane

Gold miner at work drilling underground rock face, near Johannesburg, South Africa

Worker looking through concrete slab at construction site

The men working on the maintenance of the world's longest cable-stayed suspended deck bridge near Patras, Greece.

Building worker driving a fork truck

A man working on the maintenance of the world's longest cable-stayed suspended deck bridge near Patras, Greece.

HAGÅTÑA, Guam (Oct. 26, 2022) - Student and faculty participants from Guam High School, on U.S. Naval Hospital Guams installation, were joined by volunteers from NAVFAC Marianas, Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), and DZSP 21 contractors for the schools annual Pumpkin Drop, Oct. 26. This years Pumpkin Drop marks the return of the school tradition since 2018.Lt. j.g. Devin Cowley led the coordination of the event and volunteered his time to teach students about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) programs. Students were tasked as groups to build a structurally sound container that housed a pumpkin to be dropped from a height of 50 feet. To claim success, the pumpkin was to remain completely intact. The Seabees facilitated judging of the pumpkin drop. Out of the twelve four-person groups, two were named winners: The Boo Crew and The Haydens.The goal of the Pumpkin Drop is to generate interest in STEM and physics among DODEA students by intersecting creativity an

First part of the assembly of the new, 120-meter-long A516 motorway bridge, across Teutoburger Straße in Oberhausen-Sterkrade, 2 large cranes lift the 24 bridge sections weighing up to 121 tons and up to 40 meters long, which are then connected by tendons using a globally unique process, the prefabrication of the bridge parts and the construction process reduces the construction time from 24 to 7 months, per direction, the bridge, built in 1970 was severely damaged, traffic continues to roll on the still existing West Bridge, after which the Completion of this bridge, the western part is also demolished and then rebuilt, traffic rolls in one lane on the new bridge, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

A790545 U10BD PARA CVT INSTALLATION LAWRENCE SKENANDORE (Project Engineer) AUG 20 79 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 8/20/1979 CABLES; CVT INSTALLATION; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTALLATION; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; PARA; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WIRE & CABLES historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

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SOUTH AFRICA Western Cape Paarl Municipal refuse collectors emptying waste bins into the truck..

Mobile Hospital set up. Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Detail photos of temporary wheels being attached to a Bell UH-1N operated by Helicopters New Zealand at Christchurch, New Zealand. The wheels will help load it into a waiting Lockheed C-141C Starlifter. The helicopter is part of the resupply mission to McMurdo Station at Ross Island in Antarctica as part of Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE 2001 Base: Christchurch State: Canterbury Country: New Zealand (NZL)

Alaska Native Technican Checking For Blade Damage Atop A Wind Turbine, St. Paul Island, Southwestern Alaska, USA, Summer

Fireman connecting hoses

Construction phase. Serpentine Pavilion 2018, London, United Kingdom. Architect: Frida Escobedo, 2018.

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