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The Minerals Management Service (MMS) and the oil and gas industry work cooperatively to protect our environment and to keep workers safe. OCS operators and lessees are required to report incidents related to OCS operations to MMS including: fatalities, injuries, explosions, fires, lose of well control, collisions, pollution, and other incidents. MMS tracks, investigates, and analyzes the incident information to identify the causes, trends, and safety concerns. MMS uses this information to identify appropriate actions to enhance safety and environmental protection on the OCS. Incident Reporting Requirements
In order to more effectively identify
incident trends and
safety concerns the MMS recently revised the regulations for incident
reporting. The
Final Rule (FR 19640)
Incident Statistics and Summaries
MMS inputs incidents
reported to the agency into a database for tracking and analysis. MMS
compiles this information into basic statistics and summaries of OCS
incidents reported. Statistics from 1997 to the present and summaries
from 1956 to the present are available on the
MMS Incident Statistics and
Summary webpage. Incident Investigations
The Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act requires either the MMS or the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to prepare a public report for all deaths, serious injuries, major fires, and major oil spills that are related to OCS exploration, development, and production operations. A Memorandum of Understanding signed by both the MMS and the USCG in September 2004 provides guidelines that identify, in the case of an incident, which agency should conduct the investigation and prepare the report. MMS also investigates less serious incidents to identify potential safety concerns. Investigation reports for incidents that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico Region (GOMR) are available on the GOMR Website. Privacy | Disclaimers | Accessibility | Topic Index | FOIA Last Updated: 07/15/08, 02:21 PM
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