A contract oilfield worker was killed last week at a Devon energy drilling site in North Dakota.
Daniel Navarrete, 42, of New Braunfels, Texas died when he fell through an open hatch in a pit at a Nabors Industries rig near New Town, North Dakota.
The Mountrail County sheriff’s office said other workers tried to rescue Navarrete and drained the pit.
A worker from Texas is dead after falling at an oil rig site in North Dakota.
Daniel Navarrete, 42, of New Braunfels, Texas, fell through an open hatch Thursday in a pit at a Nabors Industries rig north of New Town, according to the Bismarck Tribune.
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