oil patch fatalities News

Route 285 is the formal designation for one of the main roads used to carry supplies to and from the oilfields of West Texas. Locals call it something else: “Death Highway.” Last year, 93 people died in accidents involving trucks …

Officials are pushing a safety campaign in western North Dakota’s oil patch, where 12 people died in oil and gas operations last year. The Bismarck Tribune reports it is a joint project of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration …