2024 oil and gas statistics

Occupations

Top three occupations with Total injuries Total Percentage
Primary production labourers 83 24.27%
Mine service workers and operators in oil and gas drilling 51 14.91%
Motor vehicle and transit drivers 37 10.82%
Top three occupations with Time Loss injury and fatality Total Percentage
Primary production labourers 26 28.89%
Motor vehicle and transit drivers 14 15.56%
Mine service workers and operators in oil and gas drilling 12 13.33%

Causes

Top five causes for injury Claims total Percentage
Contact with objects and equipment 130 38.01%
Bodily reaction and exertion 105 30.70%
Falls 56 16.37%
Exposure to harmful substances or environments 29 8.48%
Transportation accidents 18 5.26%
Top five causes for Time Loss injury and fatality Claims total Percentage
Bodily reaction and exertion 38 42.22%
Contact with objects and equipment 23 25.56%
Falls 17 18.89%
Exposure to harmful substances or environments 6 6.67%
Transportation accidents 5 5.56%

Body parts

Top three injured body parts Claims total Percentage
Leg 81 23.68%
Hand 67 19.59%
Back 37 10.82%
Arm 37 10.82%
Top three body parts with Time Loss injury and fatality Claims total Percentage
Leg 28 31.11%
Back 15 16.67%
Multi 8 8.89%
Hand 8 8.89%

Most common causes Claim per cent Comment
Contact with objects and equipment is the most common cause of injury. 43.85% of these injuries are to hand. The most common of these injuries are due to caught in or compresses by equipment or objects, n.e.c. such as pipes, ducts, tubing.
Contact with objects and equipment is the most common cause of injury. 14.62% of these injuries are to leg. The most common of these injuries are due to struck against object, uns. such as fasteners, stairs, steps, valves, nozzles. Other common injuries are due to struck against stationary object such as fasteners, parts and materials, structural metal materials.
Contact with objects and equipment is the most common cause of injury. 10.77% of these injuries are to arm. The most common of these injuries are due to struck by falling object such as structural metal materials.
Bodily reaction and exertion is the other major cause of injury. 36.19% of these injuries are to leg. The most common of these injuries are due to bending, climbing, crawling, reaching, twisting such as bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker.
Bodily reaction and exertion is the other major cause of injury. 23.81% of these injuries are to back. The most common of these injuries are due to overexertion in lifting such as wood, lumber, ropes, ties, pipes, ducts, tubing, other tools, instruments and equipment, uns., mining and drilling machinery, bags, sacks, totes.
Bodily reaction and exertion is the other major cause of injury. 14.29% of these injuries are to shoulder. The most common of these injuries are due to other bodily reaction and exertion such as scaffolds, staging, stairs, steps, tires, inner tubes, wheels, truck, turning hand tools – non-powered.

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