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OSHA Inspection: PIONEER DRILLING CO., RIG #1

Planned inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of PIONEER DRILLING CO., RIG #1 in HWY. 59 EAST 25 MI - 12 MI NW, LAREDO, TX 78041 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 107432973.

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Site address
HWY. 59 EAST 25 MI - 12 MI NW
City
LAREDO
State
TX
ZIP
78041
Mailing
P.O. BOX 2963, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78403
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Complete (A)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
N
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Data loaded
NAICS code
000000
SIC code (legacy)
1381
Employees
8
Ownership type
A

11 citations on file for this inspection.

5(a)(1)

Serious Gravity 05 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $1050.00 · Current $630.00 Reduced
The employer is not limited to the abatement methods suggested by OSHA;
the methods explained are general and may not be effective in all cases;
and the employer is responsible for selecting and carrying out an
effective
abatement method.
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which
were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause
death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were
exposed to:
At Rig #1 employee was tightening a sensor with no fall
protection exposing the employee to a fall of approximately
12 feet while holding with one hand the outside rail.  One
feasible and acceptable abatement method among others to
correct the hazard is to assure employee(s) working outside
the stair rails shall wear a safety belt with appropriate
lanyard and safety attachment and adjusted to prevent a fall
of more than five (5) feet such as specified by API RP54
first January 1981, page 13 section 5.4 Safety Belts and
Lanyards.  This condition occurred on or about August 26,
1993 at approximately 10:30 a.m.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $630.00
  • — Z (S) $1050.00

1910.23 C01

Serious Gravity 05 1 instance 4 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $1050.00 · Current $630.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $630.00
  • — Z (S) $1050.00

1910.24 F

Deleted Serious Gravity 05 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $1050.00
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S)
  • — Z (S) $1050.00

1910.24 H

Serious Gravity 05 1 instance 8 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $1050.00 · Current $630.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $630.00
  • — Z (S) $1050.00

1910.151 B

Deleted Serious Gravity 01 1 instance 4 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $450.00
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S)
  • — Z (S) $450.00

1910.151 C

Serious Gravity 01 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $450.00 · Current $225.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $225.00
  • — Z (S) $450.00

1910.178 M02

Serious Gravity 05 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $1050.00 · Current $525.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $525.00
  • — Z (S) $1050.00

1910.178 P01

Serious Gravity 05 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S)
  • — Z (S)

1910.215 B09

Serious Gravity 01 1 instance 4 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $450.00 · Current $225.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $225.00
  • — Z (S) $450.00

1910.304 F04

Serious Gravity 01 1 instance 8 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $450.00 · Current $270.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $270.00
  • — Z (S) $450.00

1910.305 G02 III

Serious Gravity 01 1 instance 8 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $450.00 · Current $270.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $270.00
  • — Z (S) $450.00

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