Directory of Oil and Gas Extraction Resources

• NIOSH Oil and Gas Extraction Program
• Oil and Gas Extraction Program Performance One-Pager (PPOP)

NIOSHOilandGas@cdc.gov

Coordinator:
David Caruso, MA
Health Communication Specialist

Assistant Coordinator:
Alejandra Ramirez-Cardenas, MPH
Epidemiologist

Manager:
Ryan Hill, MPH
Epidemiologist

National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA)

• Oil and Gas Extraction Council
• Research Agenda
• National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Councils: FY 2021 Highlights

• Rural health and rural industries: Opportunities for partnership and action
  ^{The Journal of Rural Health, 05 September 2023}
• Fatalities in Oil and Gas Extraction Database, an Industry-Specific Worker Fatality Surveillance System — United States, 2014–2019
  ^{MMWR Surveillance Summaries / September 1, 2023 / 72(8);1–15}
• Risky driving behaviors and employer motor vehicle safety policies among U.S. oil and gas extraction workers
  ^{Journal of Safety Research, 2023, ISSN 0022-4375}
• Working Alone and/or in Remote Locations: Opportunities to Prevent the Risk of Fatality From Cardiovascular Events in Oil and Gas Extraction Workers
  ^{J Occup Environ Med. 2023 Jun 1;65(6):481-487.}
• Fatalities involving substance use among U.S. oil and gas extraction workers identified through an industry specific surveillance system (2014-2019)
  ^{J Occup Environ Med . 2023 Jun 1;65(6):488-494.}
• Evaluation of a self-cleaning portable dust collector for reducing worker exposures to silica at hydraulic-fracturing sites
  ^{Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 73:2, 109-119}
• Self-reported exposure to hazards and mitigation strategies among oil and gas extraction workers in three U.S. states
  ^{Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 19:10-11, 676-689}
• On the road again: a cross-sectional survey examining work schedules, commuting time, and driving-related outcomes among U.S. oil and gas extraction workers.
  ^{Am J Ind Med 2022 Jun 23;}
• US research needs related to fatigue, sleep, and working hours among oil and gas extraction workers.
  ^{Am J Ind Med 2021 Nov 14;}
• Health risk factors among miners, oil and gas extraction workers, other manual labor workers, and nonmanual labor workers, BRFSS 2013-2017, 32 states.
  ^{Workplace Health Saf 2020 Aug; 68(8):391-401}
• Respirable crystalline silica is a confirmed occupational exposure risk during hydraulic fracturing: what do we know about controls? Proceedings from the Silica in the Oilfield Conference.
  ^{J Occup Environ Hyg 16(10):669-674.}
• Oil and Gas Extraction Worker Fatalities 2014; NIOSH Fatalities in Oil and Gas Extraction (FOG) Database
  ^{DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 2017-193}
• NIOSH and Partners Work to Prevent Worker Deaths from Exposures to Hydrocarbon Gases and Vapors at Oil and Gas Wellsites
  ^{DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 2017-110}
• Sudden Deaths Among Oil and Gas Extraction Workers Resulting from Oxygen Deficiency and Inhalation of Hydrocarbon Gases and Vapors — United States, January 2010–March 2015
  ^{CDC MMWR Jan. 15, 2016 / 65(1);6–9}
• Occupational Fatalities During the Oil and Gas Boom — United States, 2003–2013
  ^{CDC MMWR May 29, 2015 / 64(20);551-554}