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© 1985 Oxford University Press

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Major Mishaps among Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, 1955–1981: Time Trends and Fatalities

D I CLEMMER* and J E DIEM

*Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70112, USA

Clemmer D I (Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA) and Diem J E. Major mishaps among mobile offshore drilling units, 1955–1981: time trends and fatalities. International Journal of Epidemiology 1985, 14: 106–112.

Major mishaps among mobile offshore drilling units worldwide from 1955–1981 were identified from industry and government sources. Based on annual numbers of rigs in service and typical staffing patterns, annual mishap rates and fatality rates for rig types and mishap categories were computed.

While the frequency of major mishaps has increased in recent years, the mishap rate per 100 rig-years of service has remained stable. The overall stability obscures the fact that jack-up rigs have had an increasing mishap rate while the rate for other rig types combined has gradually declined. Although the fatal mishap rate has also remained constant, the annual fatality rate per 100 000 full time equivalent (FTE) workers has risen sharply. This can be attributed to increasing numbers of lives lost in environmental mishaps while deaths from operational mishaps have declined. There were 344 fatalities during the 27-year period. Although an average of some 13 deaths per year worldwide appears minimal, the relatively small size of the workforce gives this number significance particularly when it is noted that ‘occupational’ fatalities, those occurring in the course of routine operations, are not included. The overall fatality rate secondary to major mishaps was 84.3 per 100 000 FTE worker-years.

Revised 1 February 1984


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