Year: 2013
A 25-year-old construction worker suffered a fatal fall injury while working on a renovation project at Texas A&M’s Kyle Field. According to A&M officials, at about 11:25 a.m. on Tuesday, December 3, Angel Garcia, an employee of Lindamood Demolition, fell four stories at the campus football stadium. He died a…
A construction worker suffered a fatal work injury in League City, Texas on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. According to news reports, including ABC Local and The Galveston County Daily News, the 49-year-old man was working on a project to widen League City Parkway when the compactor he has driving overturned,…
A Chevron pipeline explosion in Texas led to an evacuation of the nearby town of Milford on Thursday, Nov. 14. Thankfully, no one was injured. Less than 24 hours later, however, one worker was killed and another one injured in an unrelated fire at the Chevron Pascagoula Refinery in Mississippi….
Before dawn on Tuesday October 8, 2013, there was yet another explosion at a Karnes County oil well site. The blast was so large that a stretch of nearby Highway 80 had to be shut down following the explosion. The incident was the result of a group of salt water…
An explosion and fire reported Monday night, Oct 14, at a Smith County, Texas oil production facility owned by Vess Oil Corp is contained and under investigation. According to news reports, a couple of small buildings at a skimming station off of County Road 313 East caught fire and spread…
Two explosions in Texas in as many days, one at a salt water disposal site and one at an oil well site, left men suffering burn injuries. The two men were hospitalized and investigations into the causes of the explosions are underway. The first explosion occurred Monday morning, October 7,…
On the morning of Tuesday, September 24, 2013, an explosion occurred on an oil rig near Falls City in Karnes County, Texas. At the time, 6 workers were checking a pressure valve when it burst scalding each of the men with hot water and steam. While two of the men were…
A new report by environmental watchdog group, Earthworks, highlights the public health risks of fracking in Eagle Ford Shale, dangerous risks overshadowed by the lucrative oil and gas drilling. The startling report, Reckless Endangerment While Fracking the Eagle Ford, also exposes a “toxic mix of irresponsible industry operators and negligent…
Unsafe welding caused a 2012 deadly oil platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a report released by Texas-based Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC. The November 16 Gulf explosion and fire, occurring on an oil production platform operated by Black Elk Energy off of the Grand Isle, Louisiana…
Three contract workers were injured in an East Texas oilfield explosion Saturday, August 10, 2013. The blast, occurring at an oilfield site in Gregg County, Texas is believed to have been caused by welding on a pipe thought to be clear of hydrocarbons. The injured workers, contracted by Exxon-Mobil, included…
