Fatalities in the U.S. oil & gas extraction industry: recent trends and new details

Details

• Personal Author:
  Hill R ; Mason K ; Retzer, Kyla D. ; Ridl, Sophie
• Description:
  The oil and gas extraction industry has made progress in reducing the fatality rate among its workforce. Still, oil and gas extraction workers continue to die in large numbers and remain more at risk of dying on the job than most other American workers. Efforts to reduce hazards will need to focus on implementing effective interventions that target high-risk operations and groups of workers within the industry. The systematic collection of detailed information about worker fatalities will help guide these efforts. NIOSH continues to develop relationships with state agencies and OSHA regional and area offices to enhance the collection and dissemination of information on oilfield fatalities. Increased access to state source documents will allow for validation of existing information, identification of additional motor vehicle fatalities, and provision of more robust information overall. Partnerships with states may also allow for joint reports to be produced containing specific information on an individual state's oilfield fatalities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Mortality Occupational Health Oil And Gas Industry Safety
• Keywords:
  Fatalities Gas Industry Motor Vehicles Oil Industry Surveillance Traumatic Injuries
• Publisher:
  American Society of Safety Engineers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; Colorado ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 6 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Texas ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  WSD - Western States Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048921
• Citation:
  Fireline 2016 Mar; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Oil and Gas Extraction
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Fireline
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:33e5e377dc5f410536569a418fb8389bba373d889e67f4b6cf0c4a62f94877f4dedf5bcd0620dd173afbc9ef7d2f418dc2d0de96899405bf7ab16e655f61cb50
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203537/cdc_203537_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.06 MB ]