Oilfield Injury Lawyer
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If you have been involved in an oil field accident, call an accident and injury attorney at FCHC today. Whether you're in Texas, New Mexico, or North Dakota, we can help - offices in Odessa, TX, Albuquerque, Hobbs, NM, and Lubbock, TX.
Oilfield Injury Lawyers Serving Texas, New Mexico, and North Dakota
Getting hurt at work can be devastating.
What if you can't go back to work?
How will you pay medical bills?
The FCHC law team is ready to help.
When you are injured at work, primarily because of someone else's negligence, the insurance company pays you fair compensation.
Unfortunately, they only sometimes want to pay. That's where we come in.
Our oilfield injury attorneys are tough negotiators. We will only stop once you receive everything you're owed. We consider all angles and take your case personally.
Hazards of Oilfield Work: Accidents and Injuries
Oilfield Injury Lawyer
Oilfield workers work in some of the most dangerous conditions in the country.
With the U.S. drilling for more oil than in years past, oil field accidents continue to rise across the country. Some reports show that oilfield workers are seven times more likely to suffer a fatal injury.
The dangerous conditions in which oilfield workers work should not be underestimated.
People who have been injured at work can collect compensation.
Fadduol, Cluff, Hardy & Conaway, P.C. is an experienced oilfield injury attorney who has handled hundreds of oilfield worker claims. We see a wide range of injuries at work.
You must retain an experienced oilfield injury attorney to handle your claim.
Personal injury or workers' compensation claims in oilfield accidents
If an oilfield accident caused your injuries, contact an experienced oilfield accident attorney. You should find a law firm that is familiar with oilfield accident cases. Even when you think the injuries are minor, serious complications can develop.
Sometimes, this may mean filing a claim with your employer's workers' compensation insurance. In other cases, it may mean thoroughly investigating the scene for signs of neglect.
Sometimes, your employer's negligence is to blame. Other times, it can be the result of faulty industrial equipment. In any of these cases, you will have a better outcome if you have an experienced oilfield injury attorney representing you.
Common conditions leading to oilfield injuries
Oilfield injuries are often the result of a top-down safety culture of speed and greed, in which oilfield workers learn to take safety shortcuts. Ignore industry standard safety protocols, use improper equipment, and receive inadequate safety instruction (or no instruction at all).
There are many different ways that severe and fatal injuries can occur in the oil field.
Everyday situations that lead to accidents include the following:
- Inadequately trained workers put the lives of those around them at risk.
- Exposure to hazardous gases and explosions is often exacerbated by a lack of hazard identification and adequate communication through JSA.
- Language barriers lead to a need for more awareness of surroundings.
- Overworked employees use shortcuts to get work done faster.
- Oil industry drilling programs put downward pressure on workers to complete work on time at all costs.
- Faulty equipment or poorly maintained machinery creates an unsafe work environment.
- Company people are spread out too much and rarely visit the job site to get the job done safely.
- They are not following the chain of command.
