WORKER FATIGUE AND VEHICLE CRASHES IN THE OIL/GAS INDUSTRY
by Ronald R. Knipling, Ph.D. President, Safety for the Long Haul Inc. December, 2021 An oilfield services company in South Texas employed just one mechanic to maintain its entire vehicle fleet, which included tractor-semitrailers, pickup trucks, and other work vehicles. We’ll call him Mr. Alvarez, not his real name. Mr. Alvarez worked 78-hour weeks, on […]