Oil and Gas Accidents Articles

Attempting to capitalize on the “microcosm” created by the Marcellus Shale boom in Pennsylvania, researchers across the United States are finally trying to determine the true effects of hydraulic fracking on the people and the environment in which its happening. It may have taken five years to put together a comprehensive study of the side…

In a study recently released, it was found that oil and gas workers are 8.5 times more likely to die in motor vehicle collisions on the job than people working in industries overall. In fact, the study found that oil and gas workers were more likely to die in on-the-job accidents than almost every other…

Scientists are hard at work trying to develop an additive that will allow investigators to track what well and what oil and gas company is responsible when hydraulic fracking leads to groundwater contamination. Although debate continues on as to the environmental damage caused by fracking – oil and gas companies assert that it is safe…

According to the Associated Press, two men were injured in an explosion at an oil well site southeast of Grenora at about midday Friday. The tank battery explosion left one man burned and the other with a broken leg, though further information on their conditions was not released Friday night, according to the Associated Press….

A Weatherford, Texas, community has been left without a clean supply of drinking water after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reversed its original stance that fracking was to blame for the contamination. Within a year of issuing an emergency order related to a well contaminated by hydraulic fracturing, the EPA changed its mind with no…

Forty-four-year old Jacqueline Greig and her 13-year-old daughter Janessa were among the eight people killed after a pipeline explosion in San Bruno, California in 2010. Their surviving family members recently reached a settlement with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), owner of the burst pipeline. The otherwise confidential settlement included a requirement that PG&E take a…

A worker at a West Texas oilfield was catastrophically injured when he was struck by a tanker. During the process of loading the tanker onto a trailer, the tanker rolled, striking Thomas Stewart and causing a serious head injury in the workplace accident. Thrity-eight-year old Stewart lived in Smithville but had, perhaps temporarily, relocated to…

A fire only needs three things to ignite: oxygen, fuel and heat. All three can be easily found at any oil and gas facility. Isolating these fire-starting elements and preventing them from mixing with each other must be a key safety priority for every employer, well or refinery owner, in order to protect employees, people…