Energy resources are increasingly in demand, so oil and gas drilling, once an activity left to smaller communities in rural areas, is beginning to affect (and has been for some time) more densely populated areas of the U.S. Unfortunately, the associated risks to local...
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Month: February 2012
Fatal accident likely the result of sleepy Eagle Ford Shale worker
Last month saw another truck accident related to the oil and gas boom happening right now in South Texas. A massive increase in tanker truck traffic has come along with this oil and gas boom, where truck drivers haul supplies to - and haul fossil fuels away from - the...
Looking for a DVD: Another case of fatal distracted driving
"You have two kids all of a sudden in wheelchairs. They've lost their parents. They've been through so much." This is a quote from an uncle to two boys who were paralyzed after a distracted driver swerved into the lane and caused a head-on car wreck in Texas, as...
Oil and gas operations must disclose chemicals used as of February
As Jack Z. Smith reports for the Miami Herald, oil and gas mining operators in Texas, such as those engaged in hydrofracking on the Barnett Shale, must now disclose the types of chemicals they use. The rule was created by the Texas Railroad Commission, and is intended...
Distracted truck driver hits, kills woman, leads to wrongful death lawsuit
Truck driver Marc Simard and his employer Drive Logistics have been sued for wrongful death after a tractor trailer accident involving a dropped mobile phone and a woman (who goes by T.A.R. in the lawsuit) who had stopped and gotten out of her vehicle to help another...