OSHA Inspection: K & W WELL SERVICE, INC.

Issued

Jun 29, 2007

Abate by

Jul 7, 2007

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,500 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:
At the jobsite on or about 02/22/07 the employer provided a well servicing
structure (work-
over rig) for employees use during a well service operation without (1)
the means being
available to secure the guywire system to anchors designed to support the
imposed loads and
(2) the stabilizer and guywire system not of the manufacture's original
equipment and design.
The employees were exposed to the type of hazards associated with
catastrophic failure of a
well servicing structure.
Among others, one feasible and acceptable method of abatement would be to
assure the rig is
rigged up in a safe manner in accordance with API Recommended Practice 54,
Recommended Practice for Occupational Safety for Oil and Gas Well Drilling
and Servicing
Operations, section 6.3, Preliminary Rig-Up Operations and Recommended
Practice 4G,
Recommended Practice for Use and Procedures for Inspection, Maintenance,
and Repair of
Drilling and Well Servicing Structures, section 13.3, Guywire End
Terminations and
Hardware.

Issued

Jun 29, 2007

Abate by

Jul 7, 2007

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,500 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:
At the jobsite on or about 02/22/07 the employer provided a well servicing
structure (work-
over rig) for employees use during a well service operation without a
means of auxiliary
escape when and employee was working in the derrick or mast.  The employee
was exposed
to the type of hazards associated with the inability to escape from the
derrick or mast during
an emergency situation.
Among others, one feasible and acceptable method of abatement would be to
assure
the rig is
rigged up in a safe manner in accordance with API Recommended Practice 54,
Recommended Practice for Occupational Safety for Oil and Gas Well Drilling
and Servicing
Operations, section 6.10, Auxiliary Escape.

Issued

Jun 29, 2007

Abate by

Jul 7, 2007

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,500 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:
At the jobsite on or about 02/22/07 the employer provided a well servicing
structure (work-
over rig) for employees use during a well service operation that had been
structurally
modified without the manufactures approval or the services of a qualified
person utilizing
accepted engineering practices.  (1) The manufacture's original derrick
had been removed
and replaced with a 96 foot Lee derrick.  (2) The original stabilizer
system had been
removed and replaced with hydraulic jack system.  (3) The original guywire
system had been
removed and modified with hardware of a lesser strength.  The employees
were
exposed to
the type of hazards associated with catastrophic failure of a well
servicing structure.
Among others, two feasible and acceptable method of abatement would be to:
Assure the rig modifications are made in accordance with API Recommended
Practice 4G,
Recommended Practice for Use and Procedures for Inspection, Maintenance,
and Repair of
Drilling and Well Servicing Structures, section 8, Modification/Upgrade.
OR
API Recommended Practice 54, Recommended Practice for Occupational Safety
for Oil and
Gas Well Drilling and Servicing Operations, section 9.2, Derricks and
Masts.

Issued

Jun 29, 2007

Abate by

Jul 7, 2007

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,500 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:
At the jobsite on or about 02/22/07 the employer allowed employees to work
at heights
greater than 10 feet without a means of fall protection.  The employees
were exposed to the
type of hazards associated with falls from heights.
Among others, one feasible and acceptable method of abatement would be to
assure fall
protection is provided and worn in accordance with the requirements of API
Recommended
Practice 54, Recommended Practice for Occupational Safety for Oil and Gas
Well Drilling
and Servicing Operations, section 5.5, Fall Protection.

Issued

Jun 29, 2007

Abate by

Jul 7, 2007

Issued

Jun 29, 2007

Abate by

Jul 7, 2007

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,500 Reduced