The potential fire and/or explosion that could be caused by the fuel! The pollution that is caused by the draining into the local waterways will have a lasting effect.
No, the oil rigs aren’t like the movie and won’t explode every time there’s a minor incident, but they are flammable and can be dangerous!
A Little Something Else to Consider About Oil Field Trucking
According to the FMCSA rules, oil field trucking has an exception to the driving rules. Waiting time is considered ‘off duty’. This basically states that if they must wait 4 or 5 hours, that time doesn’t count. So they can actually end up with longer days than the regular driver.
Do you know the one thing worse than getting behind the wheel while tired? Before you even start guessing, let me tell you: It’s doing so while being responsible for a vehicle weighing several thousand tons and loaded with a flammable and/or explosive liquid.
To drive the point home a little better let me tell you this too: between 2003 and 2008 there were 650 OGM deaths. Nearly one-third of those were oil field trucking accidents. That figure is much higher than any other industry. But don’t think it is just one person’s fault.
