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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) for these regulations was published on April 17, 2006 and became effective on July 17, 2006. This new rule will result in more consistent reporting and the collection of more reliable data. More information about the new rule can be found on the MMS Incident Reporting Requirements webpage. 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
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