On October 9, 2026, one person was killed in an electrocution at a construction site on Reserve Road in Austin, Texas, where emergency crews encountered an electrical hazard that prevented immediate access to the victim. According to the Austin Fire Department, Austin...
On October 10, 2026, an Abilene Police Department officer was injured when an 18-wheeler struck the driver’s side of his patrol vehicle while officers were blocking traffic at an earlier crash scene on Interstate 20 near mile marker 293 in Abilene, Texas. According to...
Hydraulic fracturing and flowback work can expose oilfield workers to a wide range of serious hazards. These jobs involve heavy equipment, high-pressure lines, chemicals, moving vehicles, pumps, manifolds, iron, tanks, hoses, and changing well conditions. Workers may...
On October 6, 2026, a 39-year-old worker was fatally injured after the sides of a previously excavated trench collapsed while he was working along Texas 62 south of Interstate 10 in Orange County, Texas. According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were...
On October 7, 2026, two commercial trucks collided at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 1787 and 1788 in Midland, Texas, sending pipe across the roadway and leaving at least one driver injured. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the crash...
On October 7, 2026, three people were killed and another person was injured after two recreational boats collided near MacRay Harbor in the Michigan waters of Lake St. Clair. According to the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office, the vessels involved were a 1981 23-foot...
Line handling is one of the first and last critical jobs in marine terminal operations. Before cargo can be loaded or unloaded, the vessel must be safely moored to the pier. After cargo operations are complete, the vessel must be released and safely unmoored. These...
Hurricane Isaias brought the combination of high winds, heavy rain, rough seas, and rapidly changing marine conditions that can make offshore work especially dangerous. For maritime workers, the threat from a hurricane does not begin only when the center of the storm...
On September 21, 2026, one worker was killed and another was seriously injured when a large truck tipped over while oilfield workers were setting up a tower at a drilling site on Moorefield Road south of FM 490 near McCook in Hidalgo County, Texas. According to the...
On October 6, 2026, two people were killed in an industrial accident involving a fire on an oilfield pipeline near U.S. Highway 176 and Bootleg Road in Lea County, New Mexico. According to the Lea County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched to the oilfield at...