February 18, 2019

Worries Growing About Dangers Oil Field Workers Face

From 2008 through 2017, 1,566 workers died from injuries in the oil and gas drilling industry
By Jim Morris, The Denver Post, December 23, 2018

Parker Waldridge had worked in the Oklahoma oil fields since he was 16 and acquired …

March 15, 2016

Oil Workers Say Their Pay Was Stolen Before the Bust

Federal records show oil and gas companies are among the top violators of wage laws – particularly in not paying overtime
By Dan Boyce, Marketplace, March 8, 2016

Continuing low oil prices have left tens of thousands of oil workers …

October 14, 2015

What Are Gas Drilling Jobs Really Like?

Gas Drilling JOBS?
What Are They REALLY Like?

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October 7, 2015

Drilling's Safety Exemptions and How They Got There

“It’s mind-boggling to me how many safety standards they’re exempt from”
By Mike Soraghan, E & E Publishing, November 4, 2014

Read more in the series Danger Zone: Examining Safety in the Oil & Gas Boom

In 1983, troubled by …

September 14, 2015

Gas Drilling's Safety Exemptions and How They Got There

It’s mind-boggling how many safety standards the gas and oil industry is exempt from
By Mike Soraghan, E & E Publishing, November 4, 2014

The Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks occupational injuries, but they are employer-reported and, therefore, low.…

March 3, 2014

Gas patch jobs: not all they're cracked up to be

Theo Colburn, in High Country News, reports that the supposed employment benefits of natural gas development are not all they seem, with problems ranging from health risks that are not covered by OSHA regulations, to practices that shift employment …

September 8, 2013

Drilling injury lawsuit settled

Worker was paralyzed while repairing rig at Harrison jobsite
By KATE WHITE
The Charleston Gazette
July 22, 2013

Excerpt:

“During a deposition, Jason Ware, a safety coordinator with Antero, according to transcripts, said that in the 36 months he had

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