Number	23362
Subject	Worker Safety
Source	High Country News (Paonia, Colo.)
State	MT
Year	2007
Publication Date	04/02/2007
Summary	This story investigates the underreported fatalies and accidents in the oil and gas industry. The oil and gas industry is "it's own subculture, out of the mainstream; it operates in high rural areas; it's a hugely profitable industry that directly or indirectly controls communities and states, so questions are not raised and concerns are buried. And the victims - the workers and their next of kin - are not well equipped to stand up for worker safety."
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	35
Keywords	worker safety; oil and gas industry; fatalities; unions; drilling; work accidents; worker-safety agencies
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