The world currently is in the midst of an oil and gas exploration and production (extraction) boom as demand for energy soars, especially in nations developing their industrial might such as China, Russia and Brazil. In the United States, the boom hasn’t deterred the oil and gas extraction industry from a better than average safety record, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
For 2012, the most recent year for BLS calculations, oil and gas extraction businesses posted a total recordable cases rate of 1.5 cases per 100 full-time employees, well below the overall case rate for U.S. private industry of 3.4 cases per 100 employees.