NIOSHTIC-2 Publications Search

Oil and gas extraction industry workers' compensation claims and proposed safety interventions.

Alexander BM; Ramirez-Cardenas A; Wurzelbacher SJ; Meyers AR; Naber SJ

J Occup Environ Med 2024 Aug; 66(8):635-647

Effects of inhaled tier-2 diesel engine exhaust on immunotoxicity in a rat model: a hazard identification study. Part II. Immunotoxicology.

Weatherly LM; Shane HL; Baur R; Lukomska E; McKinney W; Roberts JR; Fedan JS; Anderson SE

Toxicol Rep 2024 Jun; 12:135-147

Rural health and rural industries: opportunities for partnership and action.

Scott KA; Elliott KC; Lincoln J; Flynn MA; Hill R; Hall DM

J Rural Health 2024 Spring; 40(2):401-405

Severe work-related injuries in the oil and gas extraction industry - 32 federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration jurisdictions, United States, January 2015-July 2022.

Parasram V; Socias-Morales C; Reichard A

MMWR 2024 Feb; 73(5):104-109

Risk factors for heat-related illness resulting in death or hospitalization in the oil and gas extraction industry.

Lin NW; Ramirez-Cardenas A; Wingate KC; King BS; Scott K; Hagan-Haynes K

J Occup Environ Hyg 2024 Jan; 21(1):58-67

Risky driving behaviors and employer motor vehicle safety policies among U.S. oil and gas extraction workers.

Wingate KC; Pratt S; Ramirez-Cardenas A; Hagan-Haynes K

J Safety Res 2023 Sep; 86:12-20

Fatalities in Oil and Gas Extraction database, an industry-specific worker fatality surveillance system - United States, 2014-2019.

Wingate KC; Ramirez-Cardenas A; Hill R; Ridl S; Hagan-Haynes K

MMWR Surveill Summ 2023 Sep; 72(8):1-15

Biological effects of inhaled crude oil vapor. III. Pulmonary inflammation, cytotoxicity, and gene expression profile.

Sager TM; Joseph P; Umbright CM; Hubbs AF; Barger M; Kashon ML; Fedan JS; Roberts JR

Inhal Toxicol 2023 Aug; 35(9-10):241-253

Working alone and/or in remote locations: opportunities to prevent the risk of fatality from cardiovascular events in oil and gas extraction workers.

Zimmerman SM; Scott KA; Wingate KC; Ramirez-Cardenas A; Pompei R; Hagan-Haynes K; Hill RD; Wood E

J Occup Environ Med 2023 Jun; 65(6):481-487

Fatalities involving substance use among US oil and gas extraction workers identified through an industry specific surveillance system (2014-2019).

Ramirez-Cardenas A; Wingate KC; Pompei R; King B; Scott KA; Hagan-Haynes K; Chosewood LC

J Occup Environ Med 2023 Jun; 65(6):488-494

Biological effects of inhaled crude oil vapor. III. Pulmonary effects (dataset).

NIOSH

Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Research Dataset RD-1056-2023-0, 2023 Mar; :dataset

Evaluation of a self-cleaning portable dust collector for reducing worker exposures to silica at hydraulic-fracturing sites.

King G; Miller A; Schneider C; Feagan G; Gain D

J Air Waste Manage Assoc 2023 Feb; 73(2):109-119

You've got this! Understanding hazards, risks, and controls for safer fluid transfers in oil and gas extraction.

NIOSH

Denver, CO: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2023-122, 2023 Feb; :10:57

Biological effects of inhaled crude oil vapor VI. Altered biogenic amine neurotransmitters and neural protein expression (dataset).

NIOSH

Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Research Dataset RD-1051-2022-0, 2023 Jan; :dataset

US research needs related to fatigue, sleep, and working hours among oil and gas extraction workers.

Hagan-Haynes K; Pratt S; Lerman S; Wong I; Baker A; Flower D; Riethmeister V

Am J Ind Med 2022 Nov; 65(11):840-856

Self-reported exposure to hazards and mitigation strategies among oil and gas extraction workers in three U.S. states.

Wingate KC; Scott KA; Pratt S; King B; Esswein EJ; Ramirez-Cardenas A; Snawder J; Hagan-Haynes K

J Occup Environ Hyg 2022 Oct; 19(10-11):676-689

Biological effects of inhaled crude oil vapor. II. Automated oil vapor inhalation exposure system (dataset).

NIOSH

Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Research Dataset RD-1043-2022-0, 2022 Sep; :dataset

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.

Hagan-Haynes K; Ramirez-Cardenas A; Wingate KC; Pratt S; Ridl S; Schmick E; Snawder J; Dalsey E; Hale C

Am J Ind Med 2022 Sep; 65(9):749-761

Biological effects of inhaled crude oil vapor V. Altered biogenic amine neurotransmitters and neural protein expression.

Sriram K; Lin GX; Jefferson AM; McKinney W; Jackson MC; Cumpston JL; Cumpston JB; Leonard HD; Kashon ML; Fedan JS

Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2022 Aug; 449:116137

Biological effects of crude oil vapor. IV. Cardiovascular effects.

Krajnak K; Russ KA; McKinney W; Waugh S; Zheng W; Kan H; Kashon ML; Cumpston J; Fedan JS

Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2022 Jul; 447:116071

Biological effects of crude oil vapor. IV. Cardiovascular effects (dataset).

NIOSH

Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Research Dataset RD-1038-2022-0, 2022 Jun; :dataset

Oil and Gas Extraction Program.

NIOSH

Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2022 Jun; :1

Modeled air pollution from in situ burning and flaring of oil and gas released following the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

Pratt GC; Stenzel MR; Kwok RK; Groth CP; Banerjee S; Arnold SF; Engel LS; Sandler DP; Stewart PA

Ann Work Expo Health 2022 Apr; 66(Suppl 1):i172-i187

New Mexico Occupational Health Surveillance Program.

Paladugu S

Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U60-OH-011360, 2021 Sep; :1-15

REDECA: a novel framework to review artificial intelligence and its applications in occupational safety and health.

Pishgar M; Issa SF; Sietsema M; Pratap P; Darabi H

Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021 Jul; 18(13):6705

Oil and Gas Extraction Program (superseded).

NIOSH

Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2021 Jun; :1

Health conditions in retired manual labor miners and oil and gas extraction workers: National Health Interview Survey, 2007-2017.

Robinson T; Sussell A; Yeoman K; Retzer K; Poplin G

Am J Ind Med 2021 Feb; 64(2):118-126

Biological effects of inhaled hydraulic fracturing sand dust. II. Particle characterization and pulmonary effects 30 d following intratracheal instillation.

Fedan JS; Hubbs AF; Barger M; Schwegler-Berry D; Friend SA; Leonard SS; Thompson JA; Jackson MC; Snawder JE; Dozier AK; Coyle J; Kashon ML; Park J-H; McKinney W; Roberts JR

Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2020 Dec; 409:115282

Biological effects of inhaled hydraulic fracturing sand dust. VII. Neuroinflammation and altered synaptic protein expression.

Sriram K; Lin GX; Jefferson AM; McKinney W; Jackson MC; Cumpston A; Cumpston JL; Cumpston JB; Leonard HD; Kashon M; Fedan JS

Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2020 Dec; 409:115300

Biological effects of inhaled hydraulic fracturing sand dust. V. Pulmonary inflammatory, cytotoxic and oxidant effects.

Sager TM; Roberts JR; Umbright CM; Barger M; Kashon ML; Fedan JS; Joseph P

Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2020 Dec; 408:115280

Biological effects of inhaled hydraulic fracturing sand dust. III. Cytotoxicity and pro-inflammatory responses in cultured murine macrophage cells.

Olgun NS; Morris AM; Stefaniak AB; Bowers LN; Knepp AK; Duling MG; Mercer RR; Kashon ML; Fedan JS; Leonard SS

Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2020 Dec; 408:115281

Characterization of fatal injuries in oil and gas industry-related helicopter accidents in the Gulf of Mexico, 2004-2014.

Yeoman K; O'Connor MB; Sochor S; Poplin G

Inj Epidemiol 2020 Dec; 7:64

Health risk factors among miners, oil and gas extraction workers, other manual labor workers, and nonmanual labor workers, BRFSS 2013-2017, 32 states.

Yeoman K; Sussell A; Retzer K; Poplin G

Workplace Health Saf 2020 Aug; 68(8):391-401

NIOSH - Oil and Gas Extraction Program.

Moller K

Work, Stress and Health 2019, November 6-9, 2019, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2019 Nov; :56

Prevalence of hearing loss among noise-exposed workers within the Mining and Oil and Gas Extraction sectors, 2006-2015.

Lawson SM; Masterson EA; Azman AS

Am J Ind Med 2019 Oct; 62(10):826-837

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.

Esswein EJ; King B; Ndonga M; Andronov E

J Occup Environ Hyg 2019 Oct; 16(10):669-674

U.S. oil and gas extraction workers: fatigue, sleep, and working hours.

Retzer KD; Lerman SE; Pratt SG

Working Hours, Sleep, & Fatigue Forum: Meeting the Needs of American Workers and Employers, September 13-14, 2019, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Cincinnati, OH: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2019 Sep; :1-4

Longwall-induced subsurface deformations and permeability changes-shale gas well casing integrity implication.

Su DWH; Zhang P; Dougherty H; Van Dyke M; Minoski T; Schatzel S; Gangrade V; Watkins E; Addis J; Hollerich C

Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining (ICGCM 2019), July 23-25, 2019, Morgantown, West Virginia. Klemetti T, Mishra B, Lawson H, Murphy M, Perry K, eds. Englewood, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, Inc., (SME), 2019 Jul; :49-59

Workplace injury rates and firm-level turnover in Montana's oil and gas industry.

Bradley C; Brennan J; Wagner B

Am J Ind Med 2019 Jun; 62(6):535-541

NIOSH Oil and Gas Extraction Program (superseded).

Hill R; Caruso D; Moller K; Novicki E; Reeves K

Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2019-141, 2019 Jun; :1

Neural effects of fracking sand dust aerosols.

Sriram K; Lin GX; Jefferson AM; McKinney W; Fedan JS

Toxicologist 2019 Mar; 168(1):19

Effects of diesel exhaust on airway epithelial ion transport and lung function in the rat.

Thompson JA; McKinney WG; Jackson MC; Fedan JS

Toxicologist 2019 Mar; 168(1):32

Exploring disparities in maternal residential proximity to unconventional gas development in the Barnett Shale in North Texas.

Ish J; Symanski E; Whitworth KW

Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019 Feb; 16(3):298

Oil and Gas Extraction Program (superseded).

Caruso D; Hill R; Reeves K; Novicki E

Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2019-107, 2018 Nov; :1

Effects of longwall-induced stress and deformation on the stability and mechanical integrity of shale gas wells drilled through a longwall abutment pillar.

Su DWH

Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, July 26-28, 2016, Morgantown, West Virginia. Barczak TM, Peng SS, Schmidt D, Tadolini S, Thompson M, eds. Red Hook, NY: Curran Associates, Inc., 2018 Jun; :103-109

Exploring the links between groundwater quality and bacterial communities near oil and gas extraction activities.

Santos IC; Martin MS; Reyes ML; Carlton DD Jr.; Stigler-Granados P; Valerio MA; Whitworth KW; Hildenbrand ZL; Schug KA

Sci Total Environ 2018 Mar; 618:165-173

Oil and gas employers: how to prevent fatigued driving at work.

Retzer K; Olsavsky R; Dalsey E

Spokane, WA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2018-125, 2018 Mar; :1-2

Oil and gas workers: how to prevent fatigued driving at work.

Retzer K; Olsavsky R; Dalsey E

Spokane, WA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2018-126, 2018 Mar; :1-2

Drilling and production activity related to unconventional gas development and severity of preterm birth.

Whitworth KW; Marshall AK; Symanski E

Environ Health Perspect 2018 Mar; 126(3):037006

Measurement of area and personal breathing zone concentrations of diesel particulate matter (DPM) during oil and gas extraction operations, including hydraulic fracturing.

Esswein EJ; Alexander-Scott M; Snawder J; Breitenstein M

J Occup Environ Hyg 2018 Jan; 15(1):63-70

Evaluation of an improved prototype mini-baghouse to control the release of respirable crystalline silica from sand movers.

Alexander BM; Esswein EJ; Gressel MG; Kratzer JL; Feng HA; Miller AL; Cauda E; Heil G

J Occup Environ Hyg 2018 Jan; 15(1):24-37

New video on protecting oil & gas workers.

California Department of Public Health

Occupational Health Watch: September 2017. Richmond, CA: California Department of Public Health, 2017 Sep; :1-2

Protecting oil and gas workers from hydrocarbon gases and vapors.

NIOSH

Denver, CO: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-158d, 2017 Aug; :13:25

Noise characterization of oil and gas operations.

Radtke C; Autenrieth DA; Lipsey T; Brazile WJ

J Occup Environ Hyg 2017 Aug; 14(8):659-667

Oil and gas extraction worker fatalities 2014: NIOSH Fatalities in Oil and Gas Extraction (FOG) database.

Ridl S; Retzer K; Hill R

Denver, CO: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-193, 2017 Aug; :1-61

Understanding oil and gas extraction worker fatalities through the fatalities in oil and gas extraction database.

Ridl S; Retzer K

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility Conference - North America 2017, April 18-20, 2017, New Orleans, Louisiana. Red Hook, NY: Curran Associates, Inc., 2017 Aug; :373-382

Working together to prevent worker exposures during gauging and sampling activities.

Retzer K; Snawder J; Faist A; Anson S; Markovich E; Hyman C; Burket W

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility Conference - North America 2017, April 18-20, 2017, New Orleans, Louisiana. Red Hook, NY: Curran Associates, Inc., 2017 Aug; :53-67

Oil and Gas Extraction Program (superseded).

NIOSH

Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-155, 2017 Jun; :1

Workers Memorial Day - April 28, 2017.

NIOSH

MMWR 2017 Apr; 66(16):417

Occupational fatalities resulting from falls in the oil and gas extraction industry, United States, 2005-2014.

Mason KL; Retzer KD; Hill R; Lincoln JM

MMWR 2017 Apr; 66(16):417-421

Working together to prevent worker exposures during gauging and sampling activities.

Retzer K; Snawder J; Faist A; Anson S; Markovich E; Hyman C; Burket W

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility Conference - North America 2017, April 18-20, 2017, New Orleans, Louisiana. Richardson, TX: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2017 Apr; :SPE-184452-MS

Understanding oil and gas extraction worker fatalities through the fatalities in oil and gas extraction database.

Ridl S; Retzer K

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility Conference - North America 2017, April 18-20, 2017, New Orleans, Louisiana. Richardson, TX: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2017 Apr; :SPE-184457-MS

Effects of longwall-induced stress and deformation on the stability and mechanical integrity of shale gas wells drilled through a longwall abutment pillar.

Su DWH

Int J Min Sci Technol 2017 Jan; 27(1):115-120

Occupational health issues in the USA.

Howard J

Occup Med 2017 Jan; 67(1):2-4

A story of impact: NIOSH and partners work to prevent worker deaths from exposures to hydrocarbon gases and vapors at oil and gas wellsites.

NIOSH

Spokane, WA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-110, 2016 Nov; :1-2

New Mexico occupational health surveillance: fundamental program.

Landon MG

Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U60-OH-010899, 2016 Oct; :1-10

The development and testing of a prototype mini-baghouse to control the release of respirable crystalline silica from sand movers.

Alexander BM; Esswein EJ; Gressel MG; Kratzer JL; Feng HA; King B; Miller AL; Cauda E

J Occup Environ Hyg 2016 Aug; 13(8):628-638

Effects of longwall-induced stress and deformation on the stability and mechanical integrity of shale gas wells drilled through a longwall abutment pillar.

Su DWH

Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, July 26-28, 2016, Morgantown, West Virginia. Barczak TM, Peng SS, Schmidt D, Tadolini S, Thompson M, eds. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University, 2016 Jul; :119-125

In-depth survey report: field evaluation of the NIOSH mini-baghouse assembly generation 3 for control of silica dust on sand movers.

Alexander BM; Esswein EJ; Gressel MG; Kratzer JL; Feng HA; Miller AL; Cauda E; Heil G

Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, EPHB 373-12a, 2016 Jul; :1-46

Oil and Gas Extraction Program (superseded).

NIOSH

Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2016-129, 2016 May; :1

Factors affecting hydrocarbon gas and vapor exposure of upstream oil and gas workers during completion and production activities at unconventional shale oil and gas wells.

Snawder JE; Alexander-Scott M; Breitenstein MJ; Esswein EJ; Johnson BC; King B; Striley CA; Toseski J

Toxicologist 2016 Mar; 150(1):161

Overview of unconventional oil and gas exploration and production and possible occupational exposures.

Snawder JE

Toxicologist 2016 Mar; 150(1):558

Fatalities in the U.S. oil & gas extraction industry: recent trends and new details.

Retzer K; Hill R; Mason K; Ridl S

Fireline 2016 Mar; :1-6

Sudden deaths among oil and gas extraction workers.

California Department of Public Health

Occupational Health Watch: March 2016. Richmond, CA: California Department of Public Health, 2016 Mar; :1-2

NIOSH-OSHA hazard alert: health and safety risks for workers involved in manual tank gauging and sampling at oil and gas extraction sites.

NIOSH; OSHA

Denver, CO: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2016-108, 2016 Feb; :1-13