In my stint in the oilfield, my division covered Haynesville Shale, and were mostly under Chesapeake. Occasionally, some of my guys would be sent to other divisions to help out. First time I sent my guys out there to west Texas, I went with them to make sure everything went smoothly...(babysitting grown men is a full time job). Anyway, that first job was a diamondback location in the middle of nowhere of course. I couldn't believe the complete lack of any safety regulations whatsoever. It was shocking. Dudes in sleeveless t-shirts. Apparently hard hats or any other PPE was optional. The first night I went out there, was going check some tanks and could smell acid really strong. As I rounded a corner I looked up just in time to see an acid tank spraying a stream of acid out about 4 feet! The sand surrounding it was yellow. Looks like it had been doing that for quite some time. Quickly went report it only for the Company man to tell me, "yeah, it started doing that yesterday. It's almost empty anyway, and someone's coming swap them out tomorrow morning." LoL! I said, "man, I nearly walked right through a stream of acid...something needs to be done." He said, there's no tape up or barriers around it?" " I told that retard to put up some tape or barriers around it!" Just tell your guys to steer clear til it's swapped out tomorrow."
Unreal.