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

• Self-reported exposure to hazards and mitigation strategies among oil and gas extraction workers in 3 U.S. states
  ^{J Occup Environ Hyg 16(10):669-674.}
• 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}
• Journey management: A strategic approach to reducing your workers’ greatest risk
  ^{Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2014 Jan; 3:1876-1882}
• Motor vehicle fatalities among oil and gas extraction workers
  ^{Accid Anal Prev 2013 Mar; 51(1):168-174}
• Occupational exposures to respirable crystalline silica during hydraulic fracturing
  ^{Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. July 2013.}