I can't imagine anyone trying to put anything into a oil well - it's not something anybody would just go out to & take the head off...there's dangerous gases too - part of the danger of working on a well.
Here's a pic of a oil well head from a field near Midland TX (not too far from C-City).
and here's one of a gas well head where you can see the pumpjacks in the background (what pumps the oil from the well).
Depending on the field, there may be one well, or lots of them....there's waste pits, too.
I've never really thought of them as dangerous, although the pits are yucky looking so never had any desire even as a kid to go anywhere near them.
there's more pics here
http://www.energyindustryphotos.com/Photos of Oil and Gas Well Heads.htm
Me..Me...I can help here! LOL!
TxMist you're exactly right! (Easily excited about stuff like this) :innocent:
I'm a safety engineer and work for "The world's largest energy company in the world"...please don't sleuth me - I'm kidding---anyway, just wanted to put the slogan out there instead of outright name it---they're (my company) is funny like that---they'd be calling me "the blogger who talks about our property in CCity"...LOL!
There is no possibility of anyone falling into a oil or gas well. The wells are sealed off w/ well heads like these pics that TxMist posted. The greatest threat posed by these types of wells are potential toxic gases.
However, there are monitors placed in throughout the field locations and these wells are checked by workers daily, who also wear gas detection monitors when in the field.
We have over 100 wells in Mitchell County (CCity) that look like these and are checked at least 2 x / day - thus the reason I was so adamant about getting the right flyers out to my peeps! LOL
Now - I can't post this w/out saying that there are a lot of dangers in the oilfield, however they are primarily when drilling new wells. The leading injuries for children when playing in the oilfield are associated with "pump jacks"...these are the things that look kinda like "horse"- kids often times unlock gates and/or crawl over fences to play on these - (I admit---I was a stupid Oklahoma kiddo who did this at one time) - which is very, very, very dangerous---I am not going to attach any pics of these types of accidents, because they're horrific, but I encourage everyone who is around any field w/ pump jacks to look at the recent pump jack incident involving a child in Oklahoma city - you can google it - and you will never, ever, ever forget how dangerous they can be.
But, if Hailey were to have met w/ any danger such as these, it would have been discovered by now, as there are mandatory federal and state requirements for checking this equipment at minimal intervals for all oil/gas companies - so there's absolutely no way that it would not have been discovered by now.
Oh and the "oil field glasses" - never in my years in oil and gas have I ever heard them called that but ...they are safety glasses / goggles that are required for anyone working or visiting oil field locations. I am surprised they only found 1 pair - I usually drive through and spot at least 3 pair. They aren't as ugly as they used to be --- in fact I just got made fun of today for showing off my 2 new pair of little leopard print and cutesy pink ones! So yes, they could easily be mistaken for regular sunglasses these days!
HTH---and didn't put you all to sleep! LOL