Injured oilfield workers are flocking to hospitals in North Dakota, which has had an oil boom. But this deluge of patients, many of them uninsured, is taxing the state’s health care system, according to The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/28/us/boom-in-north-dakota-weighs-heavily-on-health-care.html?_r=0 The…
The Jump In Fatal Car Crashes In West Texas And The Oil Boom
A TV station in Midland, Texas, recently did a report that looked at the increase in fatal car accidents in the Odessa area and whether they were linked to the oil boom. The story seemed to come to the conclusion…
One Oil Field Worker Dies, One Injured In California Accident
One oil field worker died of a head injury and a second was injured in an accident Wednesday at a plant north of Bakersfield, Calif., according to BakersfieldNow.com. http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/2-oil-field-workers-hurt-north-of-Bakersfield-172524761.html The victim was identified as Barry Snelson, 54, of Bakersfield. The…
Traffic Accidents Are The Big Killer In The Oil Indsutry
I knew that oil industry work was dangerous, but even I didn’t realize how dangerous. I’ve been tracking the many deaths that have happened when workers fall off derricks. But I didn’t realize that the largest cause of fatalities in…