Common Injury Types:
Workers face a variety of intense and debilitating injuries in Texas oil and gas fields. And many of these injuries prove fatal. Current statistics don’t take into account fatal accidents on the road as workers often commute to remote locations, but the numbers of fatalities were 39 per year on average between 2007-2011.
Even a non-fatal injury on a rig can prove catastrophic and life-changing. Equipment is massive, complex, and heavy. Hours are long, and the demands of the job are intense.
Commonly seen injuries can be caused by electrocution and falls. Many workers describe being caught in or struck by equipment, inhaling dangerous fumes, or being struck by falling materials.
In other cases, a worker is injured by a coworker’s mishandling of machinery. The dangers faced by oil and gas workers are considerable. These injuries can severely impact future earning capacity and damage overall quality of life, too. Yet we keep seeing them, year after year.