The driller shouldn't be the only one who knows how to run the drill rig, Thomas Kwader explains.
The driller shouldn't be the only one who knows how to run the drill rig. One winter's day I saw a driller tangled in a line being hoisted towards the crown shieve. Most all of the helpers ran, not knowing what to do, while one helper, not knowing the controls, possibly saved the driller's life by pulling the spark plug wires off the engine. In another case, I watched a drilling business almost go out of business because the owner was in a bad car accident and proposals were no longer written and no one knew which jobs were coming up next.