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…
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…