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Fatalities in Oil and Gas Extraction (FOG) Special Topic Report 2015
Fatalities in Oil and Gas Extraction (FOG) Special Topic Report 2015
- NIOSH
- Report
- Occupational fatality surveillanceOxygen deficiencyRespiratory hazards
- Fluid transferTank gauging and sampling
- Gas detectorStorage tanks
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
NIOSH summarises nine fatalities recorded during 2010–2014 involving crude oil tank gauging, sampling and fluid transfer at well sites. Case narratives examine possible petroleum vapour inhalation, oxygen displacement and reported medical findings. The report describes its surveillance sources and exclusions, while retaining uncertainty about contributing factors and unresolved causes of death.
Classifications: Occupational fatality surveillance.
Classifications: Oxygen deficiency; oxygen deficient; oxygen displacement; oxygen depletion.
Classifications: Respiratory hazards; respirable dust; inhalation hazards.
Classifications: Fluid transfer; fluid loading; fluid offloading.
Classifications: Tank gauging and sampling.
Classifications: Gas detector; gas monitor; gas detection instrument.
Classifications: Storage tanks; atmospheric tanks.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
Report documenting fatalities in the oil and gas extraction industry during 2015.