I do not endorse or condone any unsafe acts, but I do acknowledge they happen. This can be due to a lack of understanding, lacking obedience, or negligence of hours of service and such.
The trucking industry and all trucking jobs not just oil field trucking is regulated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
FMCSA has a really good guide to help you better understand the hours of service. Actually, you can go to their website and find information on just about anything related to operating a commercial vehicle and truck driving.
Anyway, the oil field trucking has such a high rating, in regards to being dangerous, because of their cargo. If you are hauling a load of ice and fall asleep causing your rig to crash, that has a limited danger potential.
The ice will make the roads dangerous. The turned over truck will cause delays. But nothing long lasting, excluding any injuries caused by the accident, of course.
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The truck will be removed and traffic will flow. The ice will melt and evaporate leaving little if any signs it was ever there! But, if an oil tanker truck turned over, besides the above-mentioned issues and related injuries, there is a much deeper concern!
