One Third of Oil and Gas Accidents Involve Semi Trucks
Oil and Gas drilling is a huge industry here in the US. With a plethora of natural resources, there are a lot of companies out there harvesting them for our use. However, with that many oil wells already drilled, and many more being drilled new every day, there are a lot of accidents that happen. It is estimated that a full third of the fatal accidents related to oil and gas involve semi trucks. Very often these trucks are not at the well site, but rather on the highway where innocent travelers are injured and killed due to negligence. If you have been involved in a truck accident, whether it is from a fracking truck or any other commercial semi truck, you need to hire a truck accident attorney to help you get the settlement that you deserve. Contact Arentz Law Group P.C. today by calling 1-800-305-6000, or by filling out the contact form on this page, to schedule your free consultation.
Fracking Truck Accidents
Oil and gas companies need to have a lot of manpower to extract the resources from the ground. Often that means hiring a large number of workers quickly. That is fine when someone is doing grunt work that needs little training, but when a person is hired to drive a truck, and they are not adequately trained, there are a lot of problems.
Fracking trucks, like all semi trucks, are huge machines that weigh 20 or 25 times as much as a car. These trucks are difficult to handle until one knows exactly what he is doing. Even then fatigue from working long hours can set in, and careless mistakes are made.
The increase in sheer number of trucks on the road is also a huge factor. As traffic increases, the likelihood of getting into an accident increases. Since these trucks often work in congested areas, where there is little room for error, the occurrence of accidents is up even greater. And that just compounds year after year. According to the FMCSA, fatal accidents involving large trucks increased by 5% between 2011 and 2012. Compare that to an overall fatal motor vehicle crash increase of 3.3% over the same period (after a 6 year decline in fatal crashes) and it is easy to see that truck accidents often result in fatalities.
Hiring Your Fracking Truck Accident Lawyer
If you, or someone you love, have been in an accident that involved a fracking truck or other semi truck, you need to hire a lawyer. The trucking company will try to rush a settlement that is not in your best interest, and you need someone that knows the law in order to fight for you and to get you the compensation that you deserve. Schedule your free case review with a truck accident attorney from Arentz Law today by calling 1-800-305-6000, or by filling out the contact form on this page.
Fracking truck accident attorneys with Arentz Law can handle cases from clients no matter what state the accident took place in.