| Sep 22 |
Archive for the 'workplace accident' CategoryTexas water may be polluted by Eagle Ford Shale ‘fracking’
For many years energy companies knew of no way to extract oil and gas effectively from shale rock. Then fracking and what’s known as horizontal drilling enabled them to tap these resources. And with a wide swath of South Texas harboring oil and gas beneath its shale, that process has sparked a massive boom in drilling. |
Reaping riches from Texas’ enormous new oil and gas field, the Eagle Ford Shale Play, may not come without a high price. It seems the extraction process called “hydraulic fracturing,” also known as “fracking,” could be polluting the state’s water supply.
| Sep 22 |
Archive for the 'workplace accident' CategoryGulf helicopter crashes kill offshore workers in transit each year It turns out working among heavy machinery, toxic elements, fire hazards and high-seas weather isn’t all that makes offshore jobs dangerous. Workers on gas or oil rigs also are killed or injured getting to and from work — not by the freeway, but by helicopter.
A recent study shows that, for 26 years, an average of six helicopters yearly crashed in the Gulf of Mexico while servicing offshore oil or gas rigs or platforms. Most often the cause has been engine failure, but weather and pilot error also contribute — and go hand in hand when a pilot takes off despite bad weather warnings. |
| Aug 30 |
Archive for the 'workplace accident' CategoryOil rig court case hurts injured workers, but there’s still hope
How’s that true? It’s true because of a 2007 court decision known as Entergy Gulf States, Inc. v. Summers, NO. 05-0272. |
The Texas Supreme Court has not acted as a friend to the valiant men who work oil and gas rigs. Instead, it seems to favor the wealthy oil companies which hire these workers and place them in harm’s way.| Jul 20 |
Archive for the 'workplace accident' CategoryMore Hispanic workers die in American workplace accidents; negligence is evident
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says worker deaths overall dropped from 6,217 in 1992 to 5,657 in 2007, a reduction of about 8 per cent. Yet Hispanic worker deaths in the same period increased from 533 in 1992 to 937 in 2007, the latest year with set statistics. That’s a rise of almost 80 per cent in Hispanic workplace deaths. Larger numbers of Hispanics in the USA’s workforce account for some of the increase, but only a small amount. Since 1998, Hispanics in America’s workforce went from 10.4 per cent to 14 per cent in 2007. |
In America, the number of workplace deaths has declined — but not for Hispanics.