OSHA Inspection: TESCO SERVICES,INC. D/B/A BO GRAY CASING

Issued

Apr 15, 2005

Abate by

Apr 21, 2005

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $3,500 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 in that his
employees were
exposed to struck-by hazards:
a.On or about November 27, 2004, at the Flex-3 Rig #229 jobsite, an
employee
used a stabbing board which was not appropriately extended and was
adjacent to
moving machinery. The employee accessed his work position without the
benefit
of a connecting walkway to the derrick ladder and was exposed to the
potential
for being struck by the draw-works.
Among other methods, feasible and acceptable means to correct this hazard
are:
a.Ensure employees do not remain at the stabbing board position during the
operation of the derrick's draw-works unless guards and connecting
ladder-access
walkways are in place.
b.Ensure the stabbing board is fully deployed/extended and the employee
has ample
space to remove himself from the hazard of being struck by the adjacent
draw-
works.
c.Provide training of suitable signaling or other anticipated forms of
communication
between the casing crew and the Drilling Rig Operator so that the
drawworks are
not engaged while employees are in the path of moving equipment.
REFERENCE: RECOMMENDED PRACTICE 54-99 ISSUED BY AMERICAN
PETROLEUM INSTITUTE