You’re out and about, minding your own business, walking down the street, when the unthinkable happens: a patch of oil or ice, or a crack or hole in the pavement, causes you to lose your feet and you go down. You get seriously hurt and your mind starts to spin: what about work? What can you do to get the …
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I Slipped and Fell on the Sidewalk, Who’s Liable?
Slip and fall accidents are the most common type of incident that results in injury across the nation. The injuries that result range from minor bruises and sprained ankles to broken bones and even disability or death. Often, these accidents are caused by issues like snow and ice, oil, gravel or even crumbling pavement. If someone was responsible for maintaining …
How to Drive Safely through the Rain
We’re entering a time of year when road conditions are at their worst. Even when it’s not snow and ice, during the warmer times of the winter, we have to deal with a lot of heavy rain and wind. These conditions can be just as dangerous and deadly as those caused by sleet and frozen roadways. It’s important to understand …
How to Avoid a Car Accident This Labor Day Weekend
Planning a Labor Day road trip with your family? Here are 5 essential travel tips to ensure you stay safe on your last summer adventure! Keep Your Eyes on the Road Remember not to get distracted by music, arguing kids in the backseat, or technological devices like your smart phone. Pay attention to the road to protect yourself and your …
Driving Tips That Will Keep You Safe This Summer
Summertime means the kids are out of school, so it’s time to visit family, drive to summer camp, or maybe even take a family vacation. With so many more cars on the road, though, car accidents are more common in the summer; if you’re not driving carefully, you could seriously be putting your family at risk for injury, or even …
How To Prevent A Motorcycle Accident In Odessa
While motorcycle accidents aren’t more common than other kinds of auto accidents, the nature of the vehicle makes them far more likely to end in a serious injury or fatality. In fact, there are well over 30 times more fatalities from motorcycle accidents than cars. It pays to understand what causes these accidents and how you can avoid it happening …
Preparing For A Road Trip? Follow This Advice
With the holiday season quickly approaching, many people will be traveling to visit family and friends. While some people will fly to their destinations, others will be taking long road trips. If you are going to be driving a considerable distance, consider the following things you should do before your trip: If you have any concerns about your vehicle, take your …
Safety Is Always First: Tips On Avoiding Oil Field Accidents As An Employee
If you work in the oil field, or if you are considering a job in the oil field, you likely know it can be a dangerous job. According to data provided by the United States Department of Labor, three out of every five on-site fatalities in the oil industry are caused by being struck by, caught in, or stuck between hazards. …
Oil Field Accident Attorney: Causes Of Oil Field Accidents
Any job that is mainly outdoors and has to use complicated equipment can be seen as dangerous work. Working in an oilfield is not any different; workers are around various equipment and hazards every day. There are risks of being exposed to chemicals, accidents, and possibly fires and explosions. If any worker is involved in an oilfield accident, it will …
Oil Field Accident Attorney Discusses Well Fire With Injuries
An oil field worker from Odessa is hospitalized after a Ward County well fire on Tuesday, August 11. The County Sheriff stated that he responded to reports of the fire at approximately 2:30 p.m. A number of local volunteer fire departments also responded to the blaze, according to FireHouse.com. Possible Flash Fire According to the Ward County Sheriff, the well …
Oil Field Accident Attorney Discusses Oil Rig Accident Involving Two Texas Men
An oil field accident in Woods County, Oklahoma, on Thursday, July 23, involved two Texas men, according to the Enid News. Accident Details Dispatchers responded to a call received at 11:17 a.m. regarding an incident on Comanche Road near County Road 470. The incident report from the Woods County Sheriff’s Department states that a number of workers were fishing for …
Oil Field Accident Attorney Discusses Fatalities During Flowback Operations
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), while hazards in the oil industry are well-studied and documented, little information exists about worker safety issues during flowback operations. Flowback happens after hydraulic fracturing and refers to the collection of process fluids from the wellbore that come back to the surface. Such fluids are temporarily kept in tanks, pits, …
Oil Field Accident Attorney Discusses Fatal West Texas Oil Rig Explosion
On Wednesday, March 11, a spokesperson for Parsley Energy confirmed that an oil field explosion in Upton County took the lives of three workers. The accident occurred at a rig located approximately 40 miles south of Midland, near Ranklin. Those that died were on a pulling unit crew from Mason Well Service, a contractor based out of Odessa. The owner …
Oil Field Accident Attorney Discusses Recent Houston Trial
A jury in Houston recently awarded a Texas family $29 million for a 2011 oil field services accident that killed 38-year-old Garland “Rickie” Kelley. According to a recent article from Petro Global News, Kelley died in January of 2011 after an industrial battery exploded at the facility he worked at in Conroe. Here are the details. * In addition to …
Oil Field Accident Attorney Notes Fall From Oil Rig
An oil field accident in Goliad County, Texas, has taken the life of a 40-year-old Livingston worker. The Goliad County Sheriff’s Office reported that it dispatched officers and paramedics to an oil drilling location on Dobskyville Road at approximately 6 p.m. on Monday, February 9. The rig was reportedly operated by Progenies Energy and Excel Energy Production. First responders arrived …
Oil Field Accident Attorney Discusses Recent Death From Falling Pipe
News West 9 recently published an article on an oilfield worker who died in the course of his job when part of a steel pipe fell on him. He leaves behind a grieving family, including young children. The Hazard of Falling Objects in an Oilfield Oilfield workers regularly face the risk of heavy objects falling on them. Some workers avoid catastrophe …
Three Road Hazards That Can Make You Need An Auto Accident Attorney
When you are on the road, there are a lot of hazards which can lead to a serious or even deadly accident. Sometimes these hazards can be due to a road being in disrepair, but most of the time it is due to a driver’s negligence or inexperience. Below are three of the scenarios which can lead to someone needing …
What Are the Dangers of Working On An Oil Field?
Oil Field Accident Attorney Points To One Worker’s Account Recently on Reddit, a man who said he worked as a flowback operator in Midland started an Ask Me Anything (AMA) thread. He solicited questions about his job, and spent part of the time discussing worker safety. Some of his answers got highlighted in a recent Midland Telegraph-Reporter article. Although he …
Tragic Oil Field Accident Results In Fatality
An accident at the site of an oil well in Goliad County, Texas, killed a worker on December 11. A sergeant for the Goliad County Sheriff’s office stated that the victim was a 46-year-old man from Rosharon, Texas. Accident Details Fellow workers reportedly discovered the deceased co-worker at about 5:30 p.m. at RBC Energy Services on Farm-to-Market Road. Although there …
How Common Are Oil Field Accidents In Texas?
Texas oil field accidents occur more frequently than any other type of workplace accident. According to OSHA, during 2012, 66 people lost their lives in an oil field accident. While this number is frightening enough, the number of other injuries is even more staggering. Texas Oil Field Accidents 2012 was the last year we have viable statistics for oil field …