Oil Patch Code Blue: Beautiful Man

27/08/2013 5 min
Oil Patch Code Blue: Beautiful Man

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Episode Synopsis

Third story in a series, titled "Oil Patch Code Blue," on injuries and deaths in North Dakota oil country. Trauma admissions have doubled or tripled at hospitals in the western part of the state. More men are dying on drilling rigs and other oil industry workplaces than ever before. In this report, Black Gold Boom reporter Todd Melby examines how this is affecting families. (Photo courtesy of Lacey Breding.)