According to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it was found that employees that work for offshore oil and gas operations were 7 times more likely to die on the job compared to the average worker in the United States. Have you seen the incredible movie Deepwater Horizon which unlike Star Wars, there is actually substance and meaning but this is another topic? Moreover, what British Petroleum did to that rig and the risks they took were horrendous. The movie Deepwater Horizon depicts this brilliantly. From 2003 to 2010, the CDC tracked fatalities and found that 128 deaths occurred while working

The CDC defines a mining disaster as any accident in a mine with five or more fatalities. If this definition is taken, the last mining disaster in the US occurred in 2010 in West Virginia at the Upper Big Branch Mine – South. CDC statistics show that this coal mine disaster had 29 fatalities and it occurred due to dust or gas explosion. While labor laws and mine safety and health norms have evolved to make mining activities safer, it is possible to get injured if you work in a mine. Hence, it is important you understand how Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) classifies