Oil Field Deaths Could be a Record
Posted: Feb 16, 2012 6:38 PM EST
By Marci Narum, News Anchor / Producer – email
Two oil-field deaths in two weeks–and OSHA says we are on pace to set a record.
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration is investigating the most recent case–a man found dead early today at a fracking site northwest of Parshall. Bismarck Area OSHA director, Tom Deutscher says it was reported to OSHA at 4-o’clock this morning. A compliance officer is at the scene investigating. The name and age of the victim is not known, but Deutscher says the man was an employee of Key Energy Services and was working at a well servicing site. Our calls to Key Energy Services have not been returned. (Read more….)
