South Texas Oil and Gas Companies’ Safety Violations Result in Workers’ Deaths
Julio Barrera, a 25-year-old father with another baby on the way, noticed the derrick tower he was supposed to climb for work was moving, but he was told he would be fired if he didn’t go up. The tower...
View ArticleMan and Son-in-Law Killed by Toxic Gas Exposure
A man and his son-in-law were killed in an oilfield-related accident recently one mile northeast of Clafin, Kansas. The man was fixing a leaky valve and asked his son-in-law to bring him additional...
View ArticleOutdated Welding Caused Exxon Oil Spill in Mayflower, Arkansas
A recently released report found that the Arkansas oil spill that leaked thousands of barrels of oil in March was caused by an outdated welding process. Exxon Mobil Corp.’s pipeline had cracks that...
View ArticleCommon Causes of Oilfield Accidents
The fiancé of a man who was fatally electrocuted at a West Texas drilling site filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company that employed him and its subcontractor. KeAndre Lamon Ross was...
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