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The oil boom in North Dakota and elsewhere has claimed the lives of dozens of oil field workers. Fatalities from the boom are drawing renewed attention from government scientists.

Too often, safety leaders mistakenly believe culture has little to do with their sphere of influence and leave it to the human resources department.

In its simplest form, an object at any height isn’t the issue—it’s controlling that object so it doesn’t add to the risks already apparent

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For generations, people accepted that sore, tired feet were just a result of a hard day’s work, and tugging at the unforgiving leather boots to take them off at the end of the day became a symbolic end-of-work ritual that allowed the exhausted worker to finally put their work-weary feet up, before they try and recover until starting the cycle all over again the next morning.

Hard work is deeply rooted in human history. For centuries, men and women have been building the world around us through tough, manual labor.

Like many worksites, oil and gas sites have potential hazards like falling from elevated platforms, slipping and tripping, and accidents due to lack of proper machine guarding.

Turnarounds (TAR) are a costly, complex necessity for oil and gas companies.

More than 2,000 people injure their eyes at work each day, according to the nonprofit organization Prevent Blindness.

The oil industry is being squeezed as declining crude oil prices alter the short-term outlook.