Life and death in the oil field

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• Personal Author:
  Griffin R ; Wendling T
• Description:
  From the first intentional oil well drilled in 1889, Oklahoma's economy has relied on oil production. In 1987, when the last of the state's major drilling booms ended, the number of oil-related jobs plummeted. However, oil and gas production in Oklahoma has rebounded in subsequent years to make petroleum the state's number one industry. Drilling operations in 2003 hit a 15-year high, and the oil and natural gas industry currently employs 50,000 Oklahomans. Without careful planning, the oil field can present many safety hazards to workers. Below are descriptions of fatal incidents that have occurred in Oklahoma. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Mortality Occupational Health Oil And Gas Industry Personal Protective Equipment Petroleum Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention Mortality-data Oil-refinery-workers Personal-protective-equipment Petroleum-industry Petroleum-refineries Safety-practices Traumatic-injuries

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• Publisher:
  Oklahoma State Department of Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038798
• Citation:
  Oklahoma City, OK: Oklahoma State Department of Health, 2004 Sep; :1
• Contact Point Address:
  Tracy Wendling, M.P.H. OKFACE Project Director, Robert Griffin, M.H.A. OKFACE Project Coordinator, Oklahoma State Department of Health, Injury Prevention Service, 1000 NE 10th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73117
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  Oklahoma State Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19970701
• Source Full Name:
  Life and death in the oil field
• End Date:
  20070831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dcd705e4be2e5d04b519feb3c9ba90831c9ca6b7a67766016f9652e77daeaae6e12ae7526fb18551c8ed33173de1f0d1eed51651eb54fd2daaaee0b8004db451
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192376/cdc_192376_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 226.67 KB ]