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   OCS-Related Incidents
 
MMS Incident Statistics and Summaries 1996-2010

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

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

  Blue Bullet  OCS Spills >50 Barrels by Category:
        Green Bullet  1996-2011
        Green Bullet  1964-1995

  Blue Bullet  MMS Published Reports: Incidents Associated with Oil and Gas Operations from 1956-2000

OCS Incidents/Spills by Category: 2006-2010
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    
INJURIES  *** # 272 28 423 17 318 14 285 16    
LOSS OF WELL CONTROL  *** 2 0 7 0 8 0 6 0    
FIRES/EXPLOSIONS 132 7 110 8 139 12 133 12    
COLLISIONS  *** 27 0 19 1 22 0 29 0    
SPILLS > 50 bbls 14 0 4 0 5 0 10 0    
OTHER  *** 209 24 265 35 278 36 299 26    
INCIDENT TOTALS FOR THE YEAR 666 59 833 61 781 62 766 54    
COMBINED TOTAL FOR THE YEAR 725 894 843 820  
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 catetory.
* * * Effective July 17, 2006, MMS 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, MMS required that injuries be reported if the injured person was evacuated from the faciolity for medical treatment or in the injury resulted in one or more days away from work, restricted work, or job transfer.  The number 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 10-Jul-2010                  

MMS Published Reports:
   Incidents Associated with Oil and Gas Operations from 1956-2000

    Blue Bullet  Calendar Year 2000 (804.73 KB PDF)
 
    Blue Bullet  Calendar Year 1999 (391.79 KB PDF)
 
    Blue Bullet  Calendar Year 1998 (656.45 KB PDF)
 
    Blue Bullet  Calendar Year 1997 (410.62 KB PDF)
 
    Blue Bullet  Calendar Year 1995-1996 (38.32 MB PDF)
 
    Blue Bullet  Calendar Year 1991-1994 (416.84 KB PDF)
 
            CY 1991-1994 Addendum (416.84 KB PDF)
 
     Blue Bullet  Calendar Year 1956-1990 (29.3 MB PDF)

Last Updated: 08/10/2010, 02:31 PM Central Time