{"id":4788,"date":"2015-11-06T07:29:17","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T07:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terrybryant.com\/blogs\/?p=4788"},"modified":"2024-01-26T02:50:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T08:50:34","slug":"boom-in-oilfield-fatalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terrybryant.com\/blogs\/boom-in-oilfield-fatalities","title":{"rendered":"Boom in Oilfield Fatalities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oil Rig Accidents - Oil Rig Disasters - Offshore Drilling Accidents\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g9mzroWQShw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><div id=\"glm-mobile-toc-box\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Texans like to hear that there is a booming oil industry. It\u2019s, of course, good for the state\u2019s economy. However, it\u2019s a different story when there is a boom in oilfield fatalities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2014, 142 U.S. oilfield employees died.\u00a0 Seventy-one of those employees died in Texas.\u00a0From 2010 to 2014, 270 of the 615 U.S. oilfield deaths occurred in Texas.\u00a0 This represents 44 percent of the nationwide deaths during this period.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When an on-the-job fatality occurs in the oil industry, a federal investigation is triggered to look into the circumstances surrounding the death.\u00a0Oilfield deaths can happen in a variety of catastrophic ways, including electrocution, being crushed or burned, and falling. These investigations can result in hefty penalties for the companies who employed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terrybryant.com\/blogs\/dangers-facing-temporary-workers\">workers who faced danger<\/a> and tragically lost their lives, but these penalties can never replace the presence of a lost loved one, both emotionally and financially.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the family of a loved one who died on the job, you are undoubtedly overcome with grief. However, it is important to know that you may have legal rights to pursue compensation in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terrybryant.com\/blogs\/what-does-liable-wrongful-death-mean\">wrongful death lawsuit<\/a> for the loss of the deceased\u2019s income, among other damages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you lost a loved one in an oilfield fatality, contact a board certified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terrybryant.com\/personal-injury-lawyer\">personal injury attorney<\/a> to evaluate your potential claim..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texans like to hear that there is a booming oil industry. It\u2019s, of course, good for the state\u2019s economy. However, it\u2019s a different story when there is a boom in oilfield fatalities. In 2014, 142 U.S. oilfield employees died.\u00a0 Seventy-one of those employees died in Texas.\u00a0From 2010 to 2014, 270 of the 615 U.S. oilfield [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,22],"tags":[105,102,292,114,784],"class_list":["post-4788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-workers-compensation","category-wrongful-death","tag-drilling-rig-accident","tag-oil-field-accident","tag-oil-rig-injury","tag-personal-injury-lawyer","tag-wrongful-death","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Learn More About The Boom in Oilfield Fatalities: Contact Us<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An oilfield fatality can happen in a variety of catastrophic ways, including electrocution, being crushed or burned, and falling.\u00a0These investigations can result in hefty penalties for the companies who employed the workers who died, but these penalties can never replace those lost.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.terrybryant.com\/blogs\/boom-in-oilfield-fatalities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Learn More About The Boom in Oilfield Fatalities: Contact Us\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An oilfield fatality can happen in a variety of catastrophic ways, including electrocution, being crushed or burned, and falling.\u00a0These investigations can result in hefty penalties for the companies who employed the workers who died, but these penalties can never replace those lost.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.terrybryant.com\/blogs\/boom-in-oilfield-fatalities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Terry Bryant Accident &amp; 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