The legend of Colton H. Bryant
By: Alexandra Fuller
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: ISIS
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780753182765; 9780753182772
Subjects: Accidents; Oil well drilling; Cowboys; Large type books; Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc; Oil industry workers; Biography
Description: The tragic short life of Colton H. Bryant, a Wyoming roughneck in his mid-20s who in 2006 fell to his death on an oil rig owned by PattersonUTI Energy. He fell to his death because the drilling company had neglected to spend two thousand dollars on the mandated safety rails that would have saved his life. His family received no compensation. But they didn't expect to--they knew the company's ways, and after all as Colton would have said: "Mind over matter". This bittersweet story tells of Bryant's growing up in Wyoming and his eventual move to be part of the mineral boom by working the oil rigs.
Notes: Originally published: London: Simon & Schuster, 2008.