In the drilling industry, the individual with the newest tool is king. We tool up our rigs, service trucks and pickup trucks with a wide range of specialty tools. The plan is to have the right tool to overcome any problem that arises onsite. That problem could be as simple as a broken hydraulic line or as complicated as a fishing tool to recover drill steel downhole.
When it comes to being prepared, the right tool can turn around a bad situation. Now consider the amount of money your company spent on specialty tooling this year. How many of those tools were for jobsite first-aid and safety gear? More importantly, what is in your field first-aid kit and how many team members understand how to administer care? Specialty tools become useless objects when the operator is incapacitated or dead.