OSHA Inspection: R & H OIL AND GAS, INC.

Issued

Nov 21, 1990

Abate by

Nov 27, 1990

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

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 any inability of employee(s) of R. & H. Oil and Gas,
Inc. to escape the R. & H. - Travis #3 Oil/Gas well location in the
event of intermittent or uncontrolled eruptions of hydrogen sulfide
and/or flammable/combustible hydrocarbon gases from said well, which
is known to have produced hydrogen sulfide and/or hydrocarbon gases,
due to there being no system present to warn employees of toxic or
explosive levels of such gases. This occurred throughout the period
between 4/24/90 to 5/29/90 at this well which is located in Section
6, TION, R9W, Jasper County, Mississippi.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard would be the installation of a continuous environmental
monitoring system which would have sensors to detect the presence of
hydrogen sulfide, methane and other hydrocarbon gases, and which would
automatically activate alarms which would alert employee to the danger.
This warning would allow only personnel essential to well control
operations to remain on location to initiate the emergency action plan,
as specified for Safe Drilling of Wells Containing Hydrogen Sulfide,
Second Edition, 4/15/87, and by Rule #66, Section 5, Paragraph(b)(1)-
(b)(1)(i) of the State Oil and Gas Board, State of Mississippi, revised
7/1/88.

Issued

Nov 21, 1990

Abate by

Nov 27, 1990

Penalty

Initial $100 · Current $100

Issued

Nov 21, 1990

Abate by

Nov 27, 1990

Issued

Nov 21, 1990

Abate by

Dec 31, 1990