Injured Oil Workers Update

May 30, 2007 by admin 


One of seven workers injured in a weekend oil rig fire northwest of Parshall is listed in critical condition Calvin Grady of Parshall was flown to a Minnesota burn center Another worker Thomas Grady of Parshall is hospitalized in Minot and is listed in stable condition Five others have been released The rig fire was reported about eleven o clock Saturday night The Mountrail County Sheriff says Parshall firefighters extinguished it with foam about an hour later The exact cause of the fire is still under investigation The area director for the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration says the workers were installing power to a generator for lights on the site when the fire broke out The well had been drilled and the workers were getting it ready for pumping

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