OSHA Inspection: KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

Issued

May 13, 2003

Abate by

May 21, 2003

Penalty

Initial $2,125 · Current $2,125

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:
At the Willie Brittian #7 oil well site approximately 6 miles northwest of
Velma, Oklahoma, on
March 6, 2003, during the tubing extraction of the well service operation,
one employee was
fatally injured and others were exposed to a combination of hazards: the
hazard of the tubing
anchor ramming up into the slips which were chained up under the employees
work platform;
the hazard of having the hinged work platform upset, and the hazard of
falling into equipment
or off the work platform.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct the hazards
would be to anticipate the surfacing of the tubing anchor by documenting
its depth, ensuring its
location is accurately understood, and following accepted work rules of:
unchaining
the slips
when nearing the anchor location, and slowing the extraction of tubing
when bringing the anchor
to surface.