West Virginia Oilfield Accident & Explosion - Oilrig Explosion & Fire Injures Seven Oil Field Workers Union Drilling Rig explosion in West Virginia seriously injures oil field workers when methane gas pocket hit during drilling. OSHA reports indicated serious violations in earlier accidents and incidents, resulting in deaths of three oil rig workers by the Texas based Union Drilling Company. Read: West Virginia Oilfield Accident & Explosion.

The Typical Oilfield Drilling Site - An Accident Waiting to Happen

Oilfield drilling rig accidents have occurred in the oil and gas fields throughout the United States for the last 100 years, ever since the drilling of the infamous Texas Spindletop oil well. Today, due to the fast pace of the oil and gas well drilling activity in the United States, the numbers of oilfield accidents and oil field related injuries and deaths have increased at an alarming rate. Many of these oilfield injuries are catastrophic due to the dangerous nature of the oilfield industry.

The oilfield is a dangerous place to work. Oilfield injuries are frequent in all phases of oil and gas well drilling. Injuries may occur during testing, completion, frac jobs, wireline operations and other oil well work over activities.Drilling for oil is dangerous work that requires the use of heavy equipment and high-speed machinery. Pressurizing the well, pipes and vessels, and the use of combustibles are also common in the work place. Sometimes oil companies put profits before safety. Ask anyone that works in the oilfield, on offshore oil rigs, on jack ups, or platforms, the oil drilling business is dangerous. Whether drilling wells, doing work-overs, or fracking, safety is always a concern.

Oilfield workers are often forced to work long periods of time without adequate rest, to take chances in the spirit of being a team player, to work with some workers that are under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or to work beside oilfield workers that often take short cuts and ignore established safety standards in order to keep the drilling rig operating at a fast, high profit rate. Another area for concern is the hiring of green or inexperienced workers that have not been properly trained, and subjecting them to dangerous conditions that can injure themselves or endanger others. Hiring and working oilfield workers that are not skilled at a fast pace is a recipe for disaster, serious injuries and even death.

Oilfield Accident Lawyers and Attorneys

If you or a loved one has been seriously injured in a oilfield accident, then you may have the right to file a legal action. The Willis Law Firm has represents seriously injured oilfield workers and families of oilfield workers across the nation.  Mr. Willis is a Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Lawyer certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and licensed in Texas and New York with a National Presence with the Highest Available Peer Review Rating of AV. Attorney David P. Willis has practiced personal injury law and products liability law for over 25 years. Let his extensive professional experience in personal injury and in oilfield accidents guide you and your family through this difficult time.

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