OSHA Adds Upstream Oil, Gas Hazards To Severe Violator Program, Cites Fatality Rates

OSHA has issued a new policy that adds oil and gas production sites to its Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP), in what sources say is the first time the agency has used an industry classification code as an enforcement mechanism under the program, but that OSHA says should be used to address anomalous high rates of injuries and illnesses that are several times greater than suffered in general industry.