Death on the Bakken shale | Fault Lines
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- Опубликовано: 13 янв 2015
- Fault Lines investigates why so many North Dakota oil workers are dying-and who should be held responsible.
The U.S. is now the world’s largest oil and gas producer. That's in part because of what’s happening in North Dakota, where advances in fracking have unlocked crude oil in the Bakken shale formation in the western part of the state.
North Dakota is now producing more than a million barrels of oil a day. Ten years ago there were fewer than 200 oil-producing wells in the Bakken. Now there are more than 8,000.
The rapid pace of development has made North Dakota the state with the lowest unemployment rate in the nation, but the boom has brought with it a serious problem: It has the highest worker fatality rate in the nation.
Fault Lines spent six months investigating safety risks in North Dakota’s oil fields and uncovered a dark side to the boom-the human cost.
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I was with Dustin in 29 Palms, and I ran into him at Doc Holidays in Williston a month before his accident. What a shame, because he really was a good dude. RIP brother
I worked at Nabors when this happened I was 75ft away in the shop.
I worked in the Bakken for a hot minute and it was sketchy. Now I'm back in WY where we have a safety culture.
I’ve been in the oilfields for 13 years from Nodak to Texas and every state in between. Never have I seen and OSHA inspector not one time.
North Dakota has a state operated workers compensation fund. The fund is so pro business that they deny claims and benefits to keep rates so low it is cheaper for companies to just let them, get. Hurt or killed rather than make it safe. All about profits
I worked on a Rig out in the oil patch for 11yrs straight until one evening around 7 or 8pm we was pulling Rods and tubing to replace pump and the joint of tubing that had any holes when the packer J'D ON us with only 10 joints of tubing left well after trying to un J the packer for 20 plus minutes with no success our tool pusher told to pull as hard as possible to try and shear the j pins on the packer well once we sheard the pins and was able to start pulling pipe again on the 3rd joint of tubing after we freed the packer the tubing elevators opened right after we disconnected that joint of tubing from the pipe still in the hole and fell and crushed my whole right side missing my head by inches and hit my right shoulder smashing me between the power tongs and the joint of tubing I spent 4 months in the hospital and had 14 surgeries in tht time and then Ive had 8 more surgeries over A 3 yr period after I was realeased from hospital..And I actually love tht job and being out in the oil patch that I went back to work out there once I was able to cause when i made the decision to make it A career I knew the risks and dangers tht come hand in hand with working in the patch and stupid mistakes lead to stupid accidents tht could kill you or anyone else around you so constantly pay attention and if asked to do something tht Is completely stupid and extremely Dangerous Don't do A jobs a job and its not worth your life or the other hands lifes tht are out there with you .. So always remember you don't have to do anything your not comfortable doing and thts hella dangerous cause it's just a job you can always get another one but You only have 1 chance at life once thts over there is no reset or try again button you can push when you die your gone Forever !!!! R.I.P To All Of the fallen Oil patch workers around the world!!!!
The proper process for welding on a hot vessel is you hire a hot oiler (me) to steam out the tank with at least 10 to 20 barrels (420 to 840 gallons) of fresh water heated to 250 degrees. While the steam is being pumped in, a vac truck is sucking the condensed water out of the bottom of the tank. This heats the metal and opens the pores of the metal releasing trapped hydrocarbons from the metal. The steam helps carry the vapors out of the air and the vessel. After that step is done, the vessel is opened up and aired out. Then a gas monitor is used to "sniff" the air inside the vessel to ensure the safety of the vessel to the welder doing the work. I've also been a welder for more than 20 years.
Rich people don't care about worker's safety!
As a trucker we have electronic logs which after watching this video makes me feel a bit of relief on the hauling side.
Salt water is not a byproduct of fracking. It is a byproduct of normal oil production. Our continents float on salt water. Many old time wells that have never been fracked produce salt water along with oil and natural gas. You people should get your fracts straight. Yes. I said fracts. Your fracking facts.
Having dealt with ND Workforce Safety Insurance, I have to tell you they are a joke. They deny almost ALL claims. You must go through appeals anbd they place the blame on the worker in most cases. Also you pretty much have to be dead to get any monetary relief. A death on the job has a cap payment of only $250,000. How's that supposed to help support the workers surviving spouse or children. They are the enemy of the ND Workforce.
Worked in the ND oil fields for 10 years. Was working at Power Fuels when those guys were exposed. I can say from my time there and being exposed myself the company didn't care about you. Their only worry was making money like all the others. Even giants like Baker Hughes could care less about safety. They talk a big game but in the end you're disposable and replaceable. People like Dustin and the other 39 in this story didn't have to die. Think hard and long about your family & loved ones before coming up here. Sometimes the money just isn't worth it and no one from the company to the state to the Federal government enforcing the laws will have your back. I got out of it for good 2 years ago.
I need to keep me a ‘receiving line’ excuse handy!
Olah from ND bakken 2021 definitely a dangerous place but you have to know your limits ultimate goal is to get home in one piece at the end of the day
Profit before humans lives.
All the regulations designed to protect workers have been lobbied away, budgets cut for the last 40
This guy's really saying that dust makes an electric arm inferior to a hook? On what grounds.
Bakken our way into Hell.
company's need to step safty up! I have had many close calls
These companies have so much money that paying 4 a cover up is a drop in the bucket 2 these mofos.