INCIDENT Workers in the oilfield face existential hazards when working several stories off the ground on an oil derrick or working around spinning equipment like cranes and forklifts. Toxic gas notable H₂S hydrogen sulfide, a component of crude oil that carries a distinctive rotten - egg odor can be lethal and deadly. It was hydrogen sulfide, that took the life of Gregory Claxton, an Iraq War veteran and the father of a 3-year-old boy, in Montague County, Texas, on February 14, 2015. Claxton, 29, was a crude hauler for Twin Eagle Transport LLC of Houston. Twin Eagle was a contractor for EOG Resources, […]