Report
Fatalities in Oil and Gas Extraction Database, an Industry-Specific Worker Fatality Surveillance System — United States, 2014–2019
Fatalities in Oil and Gas Extraction Database, an Industry-Specific Worker Fatality Surveillance System — United States, 2014–2019
- NIOSH
- Report
- Occupational fatality surveillance
- Tank gauging and samplingVehicles and driving
- Closed and remote sampling
- Upstream oil and gas
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Summary
This surveillance report describes the creation, coding methods and findings of the Fatalities in Oil and Gas Extraction database for 2014–2019. It analyses 470 worker fatalities, compares inclusion criteria with other datasets, and discusses prevention opportunities. Missing information, delayed records and underreported road crashes constrain interpretation.
Classifications: Occupational fatality surveillance.
Classifications: Tank gauging and sampling.
Classifications: Vehicles and driving; driving; road transport.
Classifications: Closed and remote sampling.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.