Oil and gas drilling is dangerous and fast-paced with workers working long hours on or near large, complex machinery, often in adverse conditions. If you have been injured on the job as an oil field worker in Texas, you are not necessarily limited to only receive benefits through your employers’ workers’ compensation insurance, which is often capped and does not fully compensate you for your injuries. Typically, there are many contractors at an oil or gas drilling site. While you cannot ordinarily sue your own employer if it has workers’ compensation insurance, if the negligence or intentional acts of someone else or another company caused the accident, you may have a claim against them for additional damages to cover your losses.