OSHA Inspection: POOL COMPANY TEXAS LTD.

Issued

Jan 8, 2004

Abate by

Jan 13, 2004

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 does not
always furnish employment and a place of employment which are free from
recognized hazards
that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to
employees in that employees
are exposed to the condition(s) listed below:
On or about 09/19/03, one employee was fatally injured and others were
exposed to the
following combination of hazards:  the hazard of extracting tubing at a
high speed; the hazard
of the drill bit ramming up into the slips which were chained to the
employee work platform;
the hazard of having the hinged work platform upset; 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 drill bit by documenting its
depth, ensuring its
location is accurately understood, and following accepted work rules of:
not
chaining the slips
to the work platform and slowing the extraction of tubing.