From: Insurance Journal
Texas accounted for about 40 percent of the 663 workers the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics said were killed nationwide in oil
field-related industries between 2007 and 2012, according to a Houston
Chronicle investigation that looked into safety records in the nation’s
oil fields.
Injury claims, government data and public records of oil field
accidents since the start of the onshore drilling and fracking boom in
2007 show the federal government failed to implement safety standards
and procedures, the investigation found.
The examination also shows a lack of government inspections and
shoddy practices by many oil and gas companies. The newspaper says the
result is a toll of badly injured or killed workers.
In 2012 alone, the newspaper found 79 people lost limbs, 82 were
crushed, 92 suffered burns and 675 broke bones in work-related accidents
reported to insurance carriers. The same year, the 65 deaths were a
10-year high and almost 60 percent more fatalities than in 2011. MORE
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