GASWORK: film about risks to gas workers - GoMarcellusShale.com2024-03-29T11:57:25Zhttps://gomarcellusshale.com/forum/topics/gaswork-film-about-risks-to-gas-workers?commentId=2274639%3AComment%3A699211&feed=yes&xn_auth=noOne good thing about Paul's c…tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2015-10-11:2274639:Comment:7009132015-10-11T12:25:49.572Zwilliam Allen. Laddhttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/williamAllenLadd
<p>One good thing about Paul's comments is that maybe his thoughts might cause the rest of us to think of the possibilities of what might happen and allow us to proceed with a bit of caution. Otherwise we might just jump headlong into something disasterous that we did not see. Or pass off as unimportant!</p>
<p>Think about it!</p>
<p>One good thing about Paul's comments is that maybe his thoughts might cause the rest of us to think of the possibilities of what might happen and allow us to proceed with a bit of caution. Otherwise we might just jump headlong into something disasterous that we did not see. Or pass off as unimportant!</p>
<p>Think about it!</p> "“You’ll lose all your senses…tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2015-10-11:2274639:Comment:7005412015-10-11T00:19:54.738ZCharles Randolphhttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/CharlesRandolph
<p>"“You’ll lose all your senses: your smell, your taste, you’ll taste metal on your tongue all the time, then you’ll get this spinning all the time”. Hmmm. My grandfather, 2 Great-Grandfathers, 2 Great Uncles, and several other family members have worked the oil and gas fields all their lives and never experienced such maladies as you see posted here. In fact, they nearly all lived to a ripe old age and passed away in their eighties or nineties after living very satisfying lives. Moreover, I…</p>
<p>"“You’ll lose all your senses: your smell, your taste, you’ll taste metal on your tongue all the time, then you’ll get this spinning all the time”. Hmmm. My grandfather, 2 Great-Grandfathers, 2 Great Uncles, and several other family members have worked the oil and gas fields all their lives and never experienced such maladies as you see posted here. In fact, they nearly all lived to a ripe old age and passed away in their eighties or nineties after living very satisfying lives. Moreover, I was at a gathering of hundreds of oil and gas operators and employees recently and never heard any such complaint as described above.</p> Talisman's Frackosaurus teach…tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2015-10-10:2274639:Comment:7001972015-10-10T04:57:39.702ZPaul Heckberthttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/PaulHeckbert
<p>Talisman's Frackosaurus teaches us about energy</p>
<p>video: <a href="http://www.cc.com/video-clips/m3svek/the-colbert-report-anti-frack-attacks" target="_blank">http://www.cc.com/video-clips/m3svek/the-colbert-report-anti-frack-attacks…</a></p>
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<p>Talisman's Frackosaurus teaches us about energy</p>
<p>video: <a href="http://www.cc.com/video-clips/m3svek/the-colbert-report-anti-frack-attacks" target="_blank">http://www.cc.com/video-clips/m3svek/the-colbert-report-anti-frack-attacks</a></p>
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<p>Well now - That about says it all. Tellin it like it is - wish we had more of that in this country!</p>
<p>Well now - That about says it all. Tellin it like it is - wish we had more of that in this country!</p> What a load of bullsh*t. Ther…tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2015-10-09:2274639:Comment:7002812015-10-09T13:36:58.977ZM. Sean Joycehttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/MSeanJoyce
<p>What a load of bullsh*t. There is so much safety training and consciousness in this industry it borders on overkill. These lying posts by these attention starved mentally challenged leftists should just be left hanging out there to die in cyberspace to rot with no replies or attention. Ignore them and see how fast they go away.</p>
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<p>What a load of bullsh*t. There is so much safety training and consciousness in this industry it borders on overkill. These lying posts by these attention starved mentally challenged leftists should just be left hanging out there to die in cyberspace to rot with no replies or attention. Ignore them and see how fast they go away.</p>
<p></p> Yeah, pretty sure that's what…tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2015-10-08:2274639:Comment:7001332015-10-08T16:24:45.254ZG.H.https://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/GH930
<p>Yeah, pretty sure that's what he is saying. Ridiculous.</p>
<p>Yeah, pretty sure that's what he is saying. Ridiculous.</p> So you're saying that 40% of…tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2015-10-08:2274639:Comment:7003392015-10-08T14:14:15.852ZFinnbearhttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/Finnbear
<p>So you're saying that 40% of your O&G fatalities are actually motor vehicle fatalities? That means your totals for the industry are inflated by 66%.</p>
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<p>So you're saying that 40% of your O&G fatalities are actually motor vehicle fatalities? That means your totals for the industry are inflated by 66%.</p>
<p></p> So do you suggest all industr…tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2015-10-08:2274639:Comment:7003212015-10-08T03:11:05.848ZG.H.https://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/GH930
<p>So do you suggest all industries that require drivers/transportation somehow find a way to eliminate driving from the industry? The oil and gas industry is not the only industry that requires people and equipment to be transported to and from distant locations.</p>
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<p>And for what it's worth, I don't think the NYT is completely impartial on oil and gas. Many people in New York State, in New York City especially, seem to have something against the oil and gas industry being in their…</p>
<p>So do you suggest all industries that require drivers/transportation somehow find a way to eliminate driving from the industry? The oil and gas industry is not the only industry that requires people and equipment to be transported to and from distant locations.</p>
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<p>And for what it's worth, I don't think the NYT is completely impartial on oil and gas. Many people in New York State, in New York City especially, seem to have something against the oil and gas industry being in their state, which we can see manifested in the ban on fracking in the state. It would be naive to believe that no one at the NYT has an agenda to keep this ban in place. Not saying all of them do, but some do. It is interesting to me, because none of the NYCers actually live in an area where they would see fracking. Where do they think the oil and gas products that they use every day come from? If you haven't noticed, many people on this site DO live in areas where they see it on a (sometimes) daily basis.</p>
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<p>I think that most people on this site would agree with you that oil and gas production does involve risks. Where people on this site don't agree with you is your belief that all oil and gas exploration and production should be stopped. If it is done correctly, it can be done safely, which has been proven many times over.</p> Paul,
Alot of words, but no s…tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2015-10-08:2274639:Comment:7002212015-10-08T01:26:36.282ZBarry Dhttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/BarryDyngel
<p>Paul,</p>
<p>Alot of words, but no substance.</p>
<p>And, again with GasWorks, produced by thoroughly discredited Josh Faux. This alone should inform people of your lack of substance.</p>
<p>Your response still does not refute the latest statistics from the BLS.</p>
<p>Oil and gas workers are safer than employees of many other industries.</p>
<p>Your post is a typical liberal leftist smoke and mirror tactic.</p>
<p>Again; I can't believe they allow you to teach.</p>
<p>Would you accept such…</p>
<p>Paul,</p>
<p>Alot of words, but no substance.</p>
<p>And, again with GasWorks, produced by thoroughly discredited Josh Faux. This alone should inform people of your lack of substance.</p>
<p>Your response still does not refute the latest statistics from the BLS.</p>
<p>Oil and gas workers are safer than employees of many other industries.</p>
<p>Your post is a typical liberal leftist smoke and mirror tactic.</p>
<p>Again; I can't believe they allow you to teach.</p>
<p>Would you accept such sloppy work from your students?</p>
<p>BTW</p>
<p>Most of the sources you site are financed by big money from the left that are anti-oil and gas; such as the Park Foundation.</p>
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<p>The problem here is that like most leftists, you never deal with the issues and information presented. Instead you "attack the messenger".</p>
<p></p> The Occupational Safety &…tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2015-10-07:2274639:Comment:6999122015-10-07T23:14:07.717ZPaul Heckberthttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/PaulHeckbert
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The <strong>Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s</strong> report at <a href="https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/oilgaswelldrilling/safetyhazards.html">https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/oilgaswelldrilling/safetyhazards.html</a> says (excerpts):</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">"Highway vehicle crashes are the leading cause of oil and gas extraction worker fatalities. Roughly 4 of every 10 workers killed on the job in this industry are killed…</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The <strong>Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s</strong> report at <a href="https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/oilgaswelldrilling/safetyhazards.html">https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/oilgaswelldrilling/safetyhazards.html</a> says (excerpts):</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">"Highway vehicle crashes are the leading cause of oil and gas extraction worker fatalities. Roughly 4 of every 10 workers killed on the job in this industry are killed as a result of a highway vehicle incident. Three of every five on-site fatalities in the oil and gas extraction industry are the result of struck-by/caught-in/caught-between hazards."</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">But the above isn’t telling us how the gas industry compares to other industries, only the cause of fatalities within that industry. Let’s try other sources.</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Google might point us to <strong>energyindepth.org</strong>, but EID was started with money from big oil and gas companies (BP, Halliburton, Chevron, etc): <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/%E2%80%98energy-depth%E2%80%99-was-created-major-oil-and-gas-companies-according-industry-memo">http://www.desmogblog.com/%E2%80%98energy-depth%E2%80%99-was-created-major-oil-and-gas-companies-according-industry-memo</a></span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">If I want a fair ballgame, I wouldn’t let the Pirates or Cubs choose the umpire, I’d use an impartial judge; someone without a financial stake in the outcome. Similarly, I wouldn’t let the oil and gas industry be its own judge. So let’s try another source with no financial stake in the game.</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">In the <strong>New York Times</strong> article from 2012, “Deadliest Danger Isn’t at the Rig but on the Road”, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/us/for-oil-workers-deadliest-danger-is-driving.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/us/for-oil-workers-deadliest-danger-is-driving.html</a>, it says “But the [oil and gas] jobs are also hazardous, with fatality rates that are seven times the national average across all industries. Nearly a third of the 648 deaths of oil field workers from 2003 through 2008 were in highway crashes”.</span></p>
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<p class="p3"><span class="s2">BTW, you can view the GASWORK video here:</span> <span class="s3"><a href="http://www.gasworkfilm.com/"><span class="s4">http://www.gasworkfilm.com/</span></a></span></p>
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