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Storage Tank Gas Kills Worker
INCIDENT Workers in the oilfield face existential hazards when working several stories off the ground on an oil derrick or [...]
Stairways Can Lead to Tragedy
Slips, trips and falls rank only behind motor vehicles as the leading cause of industrial deaths in North America. Many [...]
Shooter’s Helper Fatally Injured
Could This Have Been You? Tell your crew about what happened to these workers. Failing to identify hazards before a [...]
Prevent Hoist Line Failure
A derrickman was killed when a hoist line failed after the traveling block ran into the rig crown. When the [...]
One Killed in Copter Crash
An offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico was the site of a helicopter accident that killed one passenger [...]
Oilfield Worker Drowns in Flash Flood
The victim was a foreman of a crew working at a Wyoming rig site. An afternoon lightning storm had forced [...]
Oilfield Worker Dies in Rigging Accident
The following is a real-life example of what went wrong and what corrective measures resulted from incidents in the oil [...]
Oil Field Workers Die Inhaling CO
Three oil field workers died after breathing carbon monoxide (CO) gas in an oil well cellar in California. How It [...]
Oil Field Worker Struck By Pump Jack Head
A 24-year-old floor hand died from massive chest trauma from a falling pump jack head. What happened? The victim and [...]
Oil Field Worker Killed By Toxic Fumes
INCIDENT Fabian Martinez of Hobbs, New Mexico, died on July 30, 2014. He was working in an oilfield pit in [...]
Natural Gas Explosion
A 35-year-old employee died from injuries sustained during a flammable gas explosion. Five employees were making routine repairs on a [...]
Lanyard Caught in Kelly Results in Fatality
The following is a real-life example of what went wrong and what corrective measures resulted from an incident in the [...]
Improper Rigging Results in Fatality
What happened: A drilling crewmember died when a twin clevis link used in a rig floor winch hoisting assembly failed, [...]
Floorhand Falls to His Death
Tell your crew about what happened to these workers. Failing to identify hazards before a job leads to many accidents [...]
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