On behalf of Wyatt Law Firm, Ltd. | May 12, 2020 | Oilfield Accidents
Texas oil country can be dangerous. There are many incidents that can cause injury, and those injuries can be catastrophic in nature. With the expansion of operations into the Permian Basin and other areas, the risks have increased. Even when activity is low, some...
On behalf of Wyatt Law Firm, Ltd. | May 4, 2020 | Oilfield Accidents
Working in the oilfield can be an incredibly lucrative profession; however, it is very dangerous. The fields are highly regulated by federal and Texas state laws, which create guidelines for a safe working environment. However, accidents happen all too often,...
On behalf of Wyatt Law Firm, Ltd. | Mar 20, 2020 | Oilfield Accidents
Texas is one of the largest oil and gas industry states in the U.S. Yet, positions in this field can be very dangerous. Between 2008 and 2018, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration found 10,873 safety violations. 64% of those were diagnosed as “serious,”...
On behalf of Wyatt Law Firm, Ltd. | Jan 30, 2020 | Oilfield Accidents
Wyatt Law Firm, Ltd., a Texas based law firm, extends our sincerest condolences to the victims and the families of the victims of the oil well blowout in Burleson County, Texas on January 29, 2020. We are here to help and can be reached at 210-255-2231, or...
On behalf of Wyatt Law Firm, Ltd. | Jan 14, 2020 | Catastrophic Injuries, Oilfield Accidents, Workplace Accidents, Wrongful Death
Ask Texas oil workers and you’ll hear it from them: hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is the bogeyman in drilling. More than just offensive to the nostrils with its rotten-egg odor, hydrogen sulfide is extremely toxic, highly flammable, and very corrosive to metal. Sadly,...
On behalf of Wyatt Law Firm, Ltd. | Jan 14, 2020 | Catastrophic Injuries, Oilfield Accidents, Workplace Accidents, Wrongful Death
What is it? Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) is an extremely toxic gas produced naturally from decaying biomass. Though H2S irritates the throat and eyes, its giveaway quality is its smell: a rank, rotten-egg odor that has earned this gas several nasty nicknames including...
On behalf of Wyatt Law Firm, Ltd. | Sep 2, 2019 | Catastrophic Injuries, Oilfield Accidents, Workplace Accidents, Wrongful Death
In January of 2018, a surge of gas ignited and caused an oilfield fire that killed five men on a drilling rig near Quinton, Oklahoma. A following lawsuit alleged the deadly blowout was preventable: Red Mountain Energy, the owner and operator of the well, used a...
On behalf of Wyatt Law Firm, Ltd. | Aug 29, 2019 | Catastrophic Injuries, Fracking Accidents, Oilfield Accidents, Workplace Accidents, Wrongful Death
You – standing in fire-retardant overalls with steel-toed boots, gloves, eye protection, a hard hat, and a shovel – listen carefully on your first day as the manager explains your job and watch as some seasoned guys demonstrate: is that training? Not by...
On behalf of Wyatt Law Firm, Ltd. | Aug 27, 2019 | Catastrophic Injuries, Oilfield Accidents, Workplace Accidents, Wrongful Death
Welcome to the rig floor, where more oilfield accidents happen than any other location on the drilling rig. Roughnecks on the rig floor are some of the most prone to injury, positioned next to the moving drillstring, using heavy tongs and fast-moving spinning chains,...
On behalf of Wyatt Law Firm, Ltd. | Aug 22, 2019 | Construction Accidents, Fracking Accidents, Industrial Accidents, Oilfield Accidents, Truck Accidents
Danger in the oilfields doesn’t start when the drillbit hits the dirt. Hazards arrive on the well pad as soon as the set-up crews do.Rigging up is the drilling rig assembly process, which includes building the substructure; erecting the mast or lifting the...
