Louisiana Oilfield Accident Workers Injured Louisiana Oilfield accident in DeSoto Parish, La., left four workers injured Friday morning, according to KTBS-TV. http://www.ktbs.com/news/Four-injured-in-oilfield-accident/-/144844/19823456/-/e7tmff/-/index.html The four workers fell from a workover rig, according to the DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office. Three of the…
Ohio Oil-Rig Worker Killed In Drilling Accident
An oil rig worker died Monday in an accident at an oil well in Carroll County, Ohio, according to the Times Reporter of Dover-New Philadelphia. http://www.timesreporter.com/newsnow/x898139064/Coroner-rules-on-cause-of-death-in-oil-rig-accident Abdal Audeh, 28, of New Philadelphia died of massive blunt-impact injuries to his chest,…
North Dakota Oilfield Injuries Are Straining Hospitals
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…
Company To Pay $1.4 Billion For Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Accident
Transocean Deepwater Inc. has agreed to pay a record $1.4 billion to settle charges stemming from its part in the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, where 11 workers were killed and almost 5 million barrels of oil were dumped into the Gulf…
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…
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…
Worker Injured In Oil Field Accident In New Mexico
Chalk up another oil rig accident. A worker on a drilling rig in Carlsbad, N.M., was hit in the head and shoulders by a 100-pound metal gate that fell on him, according to the Associated Press. http://www.newswest9.com/story/19993543/man-hurt-in-oilfield-accident-near-carlsbad Milo Schoonmaker, 33,…
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…
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…
Worker Killed In Apparent Oil Field Accident In Texas
And the oil field deaths keep coming. The latest took place in Reagan County, Texas, last Friday. The victim this time was Chase Dillon, a 21-year-old San Angelo, Texas, resident who was working for Robinson Drilling of Texas Ltd., according…