Kansas Oil Rig Accident, Kills 1 and Injures Another A Kansas oil rig accident last week killed one worker and hurt another, according to KWCH. http://www.kwch.com/kwch-one-man-dies-another-hurt-in-oil-rig-accident-20130625,0,3425076.story One worker was crushed, and killed, by a derrick basket that fell down on…
North Dakota Oilfield Worker Killed
North Dakota Oilfield Worker Killed in Accident A 31-year-old North Dakota oilfield worker was killed earlier this month, according to the Minot Daily News. It wasn’t the typical oilfield accident, but it just illustrates once again how dangerous this kind…
Texas Oil Rig Accident, NM Man Killed
Texas Oil Rig Accident Kills a New Mexican Man A Carlsbad, N.M., man was killed in a Texas oil rig accident Monday, according to the Carlsbad Current-Argus. The accident took place right over the Texas-New Mexico state line, less than…
Worker Injured In Texas Oilfield Accident
A oilfield worker in Levelland, Texas, was hospitalized Thursday following an accident at the Oxy Lease on Wildcat Road, south of Farm to Market Road 1585, according to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2012-12-07/levelland-man-taken-hospital-after-oilfield-accident#.UMKg3ayXmiA Levelland EMTs were called to the scene around…
Four Oilfield Workers Sustain Burns In West Texas Accident
Four oilfield workers in West Texas sustained serious burns in a rig accident this week, according to Permianbasin360.com. http://permianbasin360.com/fulltext?nxd_id=236562 The mishap took place in Reeves County, at an Eagle Gas rig that was roughly three miles from Pecos on Farm…
Search For Body Of Second Missing Oil Rig Worker Suspended In Gulf
Black Elk Energy Tuesday night suspended the search for the body of a second oil rig worker who is missing and presumed dead following an explosion last week on a platform the company owns in the Gulf of Mexico. http://www.blackelkenergy.com/temp-docs/Statement-20-November-12.pdf…
Two Dead, Two Missing, 11 Hurt In Louisiana Oil Rig Accident
Have safety conditions improved in the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon explosion? It would appear not, since just a day after BP pleaded guilty to criminal charges stemming from that disaster, there was another unfortunate oil rig accident…
Oklahoma Oil Boom Leaves Worker Victims In Its Wake
For a microcosm of the dangers of working in a U.S. oil field, look to Oklahoma. Since October 2011 nine workers have died in oil and gas field accidents, according to a recent report by StateImpact. Those deaths coincide with…
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…