Drilling Accidents
With the rise of coronavirus, it’s more important than ever to be aware of the dangers of occupational illness and occupational injury. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics defines occupational injury and occupational illness to be work-related “if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed…
Five workers killed when gas well in Oklahoma explodes. Another worker flown by life flight to hospital. Initial reports of a blowout at the well followed by an uncontrolled release of gas. A massive fireball and thick black smoke erupted from a gas well in Pittsburg County in eastern Oklahoma…
Massive bolts on these wells are failing and could lead to major oil leaks and injuries on Texas coast. Massive bolts used to connect subsea equipment on offshore wells are failing. This issue is calling into question the safety of the workers on oil rigs and platforms in the Gulf…
The number of oil and gas workers killed on the job in Texas increased in 2012 by nearly 60 percent from the previous year, according to a recent investigation by the Houston Chronicle. The Chronicle’s investigative report, Peril in the Oil Patch, revealed that 65 oil and gas workers died…
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…
