Oil and Gas Extraction
Industry Summary
The industry has shown a significant reduction in workforce , at least in the last reported period between 2014 and 2015. Over 4,167 employees lost their job in that period, a loss of -2.12%. The most recent numbers show a total of 9,570 businesses currently operating in the Oil and Gas Extraction industry. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Mining Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.
The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, December 14th 2018 by OSHA representitives in Washington, PA after learning of an incident at Mw Logistics Services Llc which had occured on Thursday, December 13th 2018. A 43 year old had been injured when the
OSHA ID114231.015
Accident Date2018-12-13
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 6:00 p.m. on December 13, 2018, four employees were off-loading a vacuum tanker truck of waste material from Stabilizer Tower T511 into a Frac Tank. During the offloading, the gas monitors worn by the employees sounded and all equipment was turned off, vented, and repositioned before restarting the offloading once again. Vapors escaped the Frac Tank through an opened manhole cover and the pump of the vacuum tanker truck. The vapors contacted one or more ignition sources causing a fire. All of the employees were hospitalized from the burns received from the fires and one of the employees died five days later.
The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, December 14th 2018 by OSHA representitives in Washington, PA at Mw Logistics Services Llc. A 53 year old had been injured when the
OSHA ID114231.015
Accident Date2018-12-13
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 6:00 p.m. on December 13, 2018, four employees were off-loading a vacuum tanker truck of waste material from Stabilizer Tower T511 into a Frac Tank. During the offloading, the gas monitors worn by the employees sounded and all equipment was turned off, vented, and repositioned before restarting the offloading once again. Vapors escaped the Frac Tank through an opened manhole cover and the pump of the vacuum tanker truck. The vapors contacted one or more ignition sources causing a fire. All of the employees were hospitalized from the burns received from the fires and one of the employees died five days later.
On Friday, December 14th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Washington, PA after learning of an incident at Mw Logistics Services Llc which had occured on Thursday, December 13th 2018. A 61 year old had been killed when the
OSHA ID114231.015
Accident Date2018-12-13
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 6:00 p.m. on December 13, 2018, four employees were off-loading a vacuum tanker truck of waste material from Stabilizer Tower T511 into a Frac Tank. During the offloading, the gas monitors worn by the employees sounded and all equipment was turned off, vented, and repositioned before restarting the offloading once again. Vapors escaped the Frac Tank through an opened manhole cover and the pump of the vacuum tanker truck. The vapors contacted one or more ignition sources causing a fire. All of the employees were hospitalized from the burns received from the fires and one of the employees died five days later.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
4.28
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 1047
194.7%
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 80