Oilfield Fatality Analysis

A large number of fatalities occur every year in the oil and gas industry around the world. For example, in the United States alone, as per the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) database, during the period 1997-2003, one fatality occurred every 10 days in the U.S. upstream oil and gas industrial sector [12]. Furthermore, as per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report of 2003 data, in the oil and gas extraction subsector for every 100,000 workers, there were 34.5 fatalities or one fatality after every 4.3 days [12]. 

A study of the OSHA Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) database revealed that during the period 1997-2003, the U.S. exploration and production (E P) industry experienced 254 fatalities onshore [12]. The analysis of the causes of the fatalities by incident type is presented in Table 7.1 [12]. 

Further analysis of the struck by incidents revealed that there was a relatively even split among the three discernible struck by causes. The split was as follows [12]  

Incident Type No. Incident Type Description Percentage of Fatalities by Incident Type 

The analysis of the causes of the fatalities by equipment type is presented in Table 7.2 [12], 

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All in all, the oilfield fatality analysis also revealed the following information ... 

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