COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY’-sik) has ordered creation of a single-call notification system for oil-and-gas emergencies and authorized two state departments to start setting it up. An order Kasich signed Tuesday follows his veto last year of budget language he found inadequate that sought to streamline reporting of spills of oil, brine and other hazardous substances, ...

BISMARCK, N.D., Friday, Feb. 12, 2016 – The North Dakota Safety Council (NDSC) has welcomed three new staff members in the past month. Sarah Lund joins the NDSC as an Office Coordinator with over 12 years of experience in customer service and management, including six years as the manager for Applebee’s in Bismarck. As a graduate of Dickinson State University, ...

BISMARCK, N.D., Monday, Feb. 1, 2016 – According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 38 fatal workplace injuries in North Dakota in 2014. This week, the North Dakota Safety Council (NDSC) is hosting the 43rd Annual Safety & Health Conference with the goal of reducing North Dakota’s injury and fatality rates through safety education. The conference is the largest ...

The oil field accident that left one man seriously injured on Wednesday will be investigated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, said Michele Shield, Corpus Christi assistant area director. The incident occurred at 9:22 a.m. Wednesday south of McFaddin when an oil rig operated by Corpus Christi-based Arrow Drilling Company sustained a blowout. Injured was the derrickman, Fernando Munoz, ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A new federal database that was developed to more precisely count the number of deaths in the oil and gas industry shows eight workers died in Colorado in 2014. The count by the Fatalities in Oil and Gas Extraction, or FOG, is two more than what was tabulated by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics for ...

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Pennsylvania oil and gas producers pinched by the lowest prices in years are not catching any breaks from state regulators. The Department of Environmental Protection’s oil and gas office conducted 1,700 more inspections during the first seven months of the year, an 11 percent increase over the same period in 2014, according to department data. A boost in office staff ...