Oilfield Injuries
A wellsite has several companies on one location, each with its own insurance and its own reason to point at someone else. Identifying the right defendant is most of the work.
Comp is the floor, not the ceiling
Workers compensation is your employer's exclusive remedy. It does not touch anyone else on that location. Operators, contractors and equipment manufacturers can be pursued in tort, and that claim is usually worth many times the comp benefit.
The Indemnity Act cuts both ways
The Louisiana Oilfield Indemnity Act voids agreements that push liability for a party's own negligence onto someone else. Contractual defenses that look airtight on the master service agreement often are not.
The causes repeat
Blowouts and uncontrolled pressure releases, hydrogen sulfide exposure, tank battery fires, dropped objects, derrick falls. Each has a governing standard, and that standard is the negligence benchmark.
Josh has stood on that location
Josh Powell worked the oilfield and holds a construction engineering degree from Louisiana Tech. He does not need the operator to explain how the job actually runs.
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