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Fatalities in Oil and Gas Extraction (FOG) Special Topic Report 2018
Fatalities in Oil and Gas Extraction (FOG) Special Topic Report 2018
- NIOSH
- Report
- ExplosionFireHazardous substancesHydrogen sulphideOccupational fatality surveillance
- Fluid transferTank gauging and sampling
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
NIOSH summarises eight fatalities and ten hospitalisations during 2015–2016 involving ignition, inhalation or suspected inhalation of hazardous gases and vapours during fluid handling at oil and gas sites. Tables distinguish exposures, fires and explosions, activities, fluids and reported outcomes, including cardiac deaths with possible work exposure.
Classifications: Explosion; explosive atmospheres.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Hazardous substances; hazardous chemicals; chemical exposure.
Classifications: Hydrogen sulphide; H2S; H₂S; hydrogen sulfide.
Classifications: Occupational fatality surveillance.
Classifications: Fluid transfer; fluid loading; fluid offloading.
Classifications: Tank gauging and sampling.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
Report documenting fatalities in the oil and gas extraction industry during 2018.