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Incident Statistics and Summaries 1996-2011

This page provides access to general statistics and summaries of OCS incidents reported to the Bureau. Follow the links below to view the following incidents by year:

  Blue Bullet  OCS Spills  50 Barrels by Category:
       
•  1996-2011

        •  1964-1995

  Blue Bullet  Older OCS Incidents/Spills by Category:
       
•  1996-2005

TYPE    2006 ***    2007 *** 2008 ***

2009 ***

2010 ***
GOM PAC GOM PAC GOM PAC GOM PAC GOM PAC
   FATALITIES 10 0 5 0 11 0 4 0 12 0
   INJURIES  *** # 321 32 423 17 318 14 285 16 273 12
   LOSS OF WELL CONTROL  *** 2 0 7 0 8 0 6 0 4 0
   FIRES/EXPLOSIONS 132 7 110 8 139 12 133 12 126 4
   COLLISIONS  *** 27 0 20 1 22 0 29 0 8 0
   SPILLS > 50 bbls 14 0 4 0 5 0 11 0 6 0
   OTHER  *** 205 24 270 27 282 36 311 27 152 18

   INCIDENT TOTALS FOR THE YEAR

711 59

839

53

785

62

779

55

581

34

   COMBINED TOTAL FOR THE YEAR

770 892 847 834 615

YTD  = Year To Date

NOTE:  Incidents may be counted in more than one category. For example, a fire resulting in an injury would be counted in
both the fire and injury category.

***Effective July 17, 2006, BOEMRE revised the regulations for Incident Reporting. Related to this chart, changes were made to
the reporting criteria for Injuries, Loss of Well Control incidents, Collisions, and Other Incidents. Thus the number of incidents
shown in these categories for 2006 and beyond may be affected by this change when compared to previous years.

#  Effective July 17, 2006, BOEMRE required that injuries be reported if the injured person was evacuated from the facility for
medical treatment or in the injury resulted in one or more days away from work, restricted work, or job transfer. The numbers
of injuries shown on this chart include:

1) Injuries that resulted in one or more days away from work, restricted work, or job transfer and

2) Minor injuries that required medical treatment, but did not result in any days away from work, restricted work, or job transfer.

SOURCE: TIMS Database as of 16-Feb-2011

MMS Published Reports

Incidents Associated with Oil and Gas Operations from 1956-2000 (all in PDF)

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Calendar Year 2000 (804.73 KB)

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Calendar Year 1999 (391.79 KB)

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Calendar Year 1998 (656.45 KB)

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Calendar Year 1997 (410.62 KB)

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Calendar Year 1995-1996 (38.32 MB)

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Calendar Year 1991-1994 (416.84 KB)
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CY 1991-1994 Addendum
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Calendar Year 1956-1990 (29.3 MB)