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It’s time to stop waiting for workers to break. Instead, let’s build them up — with support, connection, and compassion woven into the foundation of our industry.

By supporting mental health and building connections on job sites and beyond, we create safer, healthier workplaces where no one feels invisible or alone.

Seven major challenges faced by drilling contractors, ranging from urban site constraints and extreme weather to permitting complications and on-the-fly problem solving.

The initiative is part of OSHA’s broader Alliance Program, which fosters partnerships with unions, trade organizations, educational institutions, and community groups to promote workplace health and safety.

Welcome back to Ask Brock, the series where we tackle the toughest—and sometimes sweatiest—questions facing drillers today.

If you need to replace your whole hard hat, consider a new safety helmet designed to increase head protection.

If your feet aren’t working, you aren’t either. In water well and geothermal drilling, you need boots that do more than just exist—they need to perform. 

Cal/OSHA strengthened worker-heat-protections by mandating specific requirements from employers, including worker rest breaks in shaded areas without risk of retaliation.

In this episode of The Driller Newscast, Host Brock Yordy dives into the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” making waves in Washington—legislation with major implications for the drilling, HVAC, and geothermal industries.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and its partners are once again promoting the National Safety Stand-Down, an initiative that encourages employers and workers across the country to refocus on fall prevention.