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Two-Year NORA Pilot Project: Reducing Fatalities in the Oil and Gas Extraction Industry

This pilot project has developed two videos that convey injury risks encountered in the oil and gas extraction industry. Based on hazards identified through surveillance data, these videos target the use of PPE to help prevent two of the most common fatal events in this industry: motor vehicle crashes and falls. In addition, surveillance information and worker and industry input were also used to create proposals with the goal of developing, implementing, and evaluating interventions and prevention methods in the oil and gas extraction industry.

Preventing Contact Injuries to Oil and Gas Extraction Workers

During 2003-2007, there was an annual fatality rate of 30 per 100,000 workers, nearly eight times higher than the national rate for all occupational fatalities. While many workers in this industry are killed in motor vehicle incidents, the second most common fatal event contributing to these elevated rates is the worker coming in contact with tools or machinery – by being struck by, entangled, or crushed by the equipment. These types of injuries occur on the work site and are related to the machinery involved in the drilling and workover operations. This project will evaluate the use of automated technologies (AT) for land-based drilling rigs that reduce direct equipment/worker contact. The major activities of the project are to identify the most common equipment and tasks associated with fatal injuries; to document current barriers and possible incentives to AT implementation; and to create, distribute, and evaluate an assessment of types of AT used on US land-based drilling rigs. Results will be used to promote the use of AT on drilling rigs that actually reduce the severity and quantity of onsite worker injuries without reducing work efficiency, introducing other injury hazards, placing an undue financial burden on the company, or requiring numerous additional skilled or technical staff at the rig site.

Page last updated: February 11, 2009
Page last reviewed: February 6, 2009
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	NIOSH Programs > Oil and Gas Extraction > NIOSH Research Projects Oil and Gas Extraction Activities: NIOSH Research Projects Two-Year NORA Pilot Project: Reducing Fatalities in the Oil and Gas Extraction Industry This pilot project has developed two videos that convey injury risks encountered in the oil and gas extraction industry. Based on hazards identified through surveillance data, these videos target the use of PPE to help prevent two of the most common fatal events in this industry: motor vehicle crashes and falls. In addition, surveillance information and worker and industry input were also used to create proposals with the goal of developing, implementing, and evaluating interventions and prevention methods in the oil and gas extraction industry. Preventing Contact Injuries to Oil and Gas Extraction Workers During 2003-2007, there was an annual fatality rate of 30 per 100,000 workers, nearly eight times higher than the national rate for all occupational fatalities. While many workers in this industry are killed in motor vehicle incidents, the second most common fatal event contributing to these elevated rates is the worker coming in contact with tools or machinery – by being struck by, entangled, or crushed by the equipment. These types of injuries occur on the work site and are related to the machinery involved in the drilling and workover operations. This project will evaluate the use of automated technologies (AT) for land-based drilling rigs that reduce direct equipment/worker contact. The major activities of the project are to identify the most common equipment and tasks associated with fatal injuries; to document current barriers and possible incentives to AT implementation; and to create, distribute, and evaluate an assessment of types of AT used on US land-based drilling rigs. Results will be used to promote the use of AT on drilling rigs that actually reduce the severity and quantity of onsite worker injuries without reducing work efficiency, introducing other injury hazards, placing an undue financial burden on the company, or requiring numerous additional skilled or technical staff at the rig site. Page last updated: February 11, 2009 Page last reviewed: February 6, 2009 Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Alaska Regional Office < NIOSH Contacts \| NIOSH Research Projects \| Publications >				NIOSH Program: Oil and Gas Extraction Program Description Inputs Sector Description Economic Factors Occupational Risks National Research Agenda (NORA) NIOSH Strategic Goals Emerging Issues Partners NIOSH Contacts Activities NIOSH Research Projects Outputs Publications Topic Pages Products Research to Practice
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