RIFLE, CO —
OSHA Inspection: CAZA DRILLING COMPANY
Accident-driven inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an accident-driven health inspection of CAZA DRILLING COMPANY in 3200 CTY RD. 31, RIFLE, CO 81650 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 116183716.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- CAZA DRILLING COMPANY
- Site address
- 3200 CTY RD. 31
- City
- RIFLE
- State
- CO
- ZIP
- 81650
- Mailing
- P.O. BOX 17805, DENVER, CO 80217
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Accident-driven (A)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- N
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 000000
- SIC code (legacy)
- 1481
- Employees
- 17
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
6 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1995
- Abate by
- Jul 24, 1995
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $4,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
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: (a) the hazard of being struck by a falling kelly bushing. On January 27, 1995, an employee, the motorman, was killed when a kelly bushing fell onto his head, because 1) the motorman positioned his head below a suspended load, i.e. the kelly bushing; 2) the "friction catline" rope, which suspended the kelly bushing, was "dogged-off" into a rope locking device commonly referred to as a "rope roller bracket assembly" or "rope roller"; and then 3) the "catline" rope was left unattended by another employee, the derrickman, just prior to kelly bushing falling and crushing the skull of the motorman. The feasible and acceptable abatement methods to correct this hazard would include the following: 1) Instruct and warn all applicable employees and post warning signs or stickers which state that no loads are to be suspended using the "friction catline" rope locking device commonly referred to as a "rope roller bracket assembly" or "rope roller"; 2) Instruct and warn all applicable employees and post warning signs or stickers which state that "catline" suspended loads are never to be left unattended; 3) Implement formal written work practice procedures, which would include at a minimum appropriate safe procedures to follow when working with and round "catheads", "catlines", "rope rollers", and suspended loads on the "catline"; 4) Conduct employee training on these written work practice procedures; and 5) Implement procedures to verify employee training.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $4000.00
- — Z (S) $5000.00
1910.184 C09
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1995
- Abate by
- Jul 24, 1995
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5000.00
- — Z (S) $5000.00
1910.132 D02
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1995
- Abate by
- Jul 12, 1995
- Penalty
- Initial $700
Recent events (2)
- — I (O)
- — Z (O) $700.00
1910.132 F04
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1995
- Abate by
- Jul 12, 1995
Recent events (2)
- — I (O)
- — Z (O)
1910.1200 E01
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1995
- Abate by
- Jul 24, 1995
- Penalty
- Initial $700 · Current $700
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $700.00
- — Z (O) $700.00
1910.1200 H
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1995
- Abate by
- Jul 24, 1995
Recent events (2)
- — I (O)
- — Z (O)
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 116183716.
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