OSHA Inspection: XTREME DRILLING AND COIL SERVICES

Issued

Oct 12, 2012

Abate by

Oct 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,100 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. This condition exposed the employee to struck-by hazard:     (a) Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services, Pergamos #8-41-7-60, Rig #19, Briggsdale, CO 80611:  On and before May 22, 2012, employees utilizing pullback lines on the rig floor to lift ground pipe for the laydown and breakout used frayed and damaged pullback lines. The damage included rope distortion and broken wires. This exposed the employees to being struck by falling loads or swinging tongs upon failure of the wire rope.

Issued

Oct 12, 2012

Abate by

Oct 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish to each of his employees 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 struck-by hazards:     a) Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services, Pergamos #8-41-7-60, Rig #19, Briggsdale, CO 80611: On or about May 22, 2012, the employer did not ensure that the auxiliary escape line (geronimo line) route was clear of obstructions in that large stacks of steel material were stacked against the termination/landing point of the geronimo line. This condition exposed employees to struck-by hazards.    b) Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services, Pergamos #8-41-7-60, Rig #19, Briggsdale, CO 80611: On or about May 22, 2012, the employer did not ensure that the auxiliary escape line (geronimo line) route was clear of obstructions in that caution tape was tied to various sections of the line. This condition exposed employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Oct 12, 2012

Abate by

Oct 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): The employer failed to provide guardrails to protect personnel from a platform of 4 feet or more above ground level:    (a) Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services, Pergamos #8-41-7-60, Rig #19, Briggsdale, CO 80611: On or about May 22, 2012, the employer failed to provide guardrails on the V-door to protect rig personnel from falling onto the skate pipe conveyor where pipe is raised up to the rig floor o make connections. The width of the V-door is 14 inches. This condition exposed employees to fall hazards of over 10 feet.    (b) Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services, Pergamos #8-41-7-60, Rig #19, Briggsdale, CO 80611: On or about May 22, 2012, the employer failed to provide guardrails on the rig floor. There were gap openings of 11-13 inches wide on the left and right side of the steps leading down from the rig floor to the draw works level.  This condition exposed employees to fall hazards of over 4 feet.

Issued

Oct 12, 2012

Abate by

Oct 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(a)(2)(x): Flexible cords and cables were not protected from accidental damage, as might be caused, for example, by sharp corners, projections, and doorways or other pinch points:      a) Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services, Pergamos #8-41-7-60, Rig #19, Briggsdale, CO 80611: On or about May 22, 2012, the employer did not ensure that an electrical cable running from the skate house to the flare stack was protected from accidental damage of being run over by traffic on the drilling pad. This condition exposed employees to electrical and electrocution hazards.

Issued

Oct 12, 2012

Abate by

Oct 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii): Flexible cords were not connected to devices and fittings so that tension would not be transmitted to joints or terminal screws:     (a)  Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services, Pergamos #8-41-7-60, Rig #19, Briggsdale, CO 80611: On or about May 22, 2012, the employer did not ensure that the power cord from the skate house to the flare stack had no tension on the joints or terminal screws. There was no form of strain relief provided to the cable extending up to the flare stack. This condition exposed the employees to electrical shock hazards.

Issued

Oct 12, 2012

Abate by

Oct 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(e): The employer did not ensure that defective or damaged personal protective equipment was not used:     a) Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services, Pergamos #8-41-7-60, Rig #19, Briggsdale, CO 80611: On or about May 22, 2012, the employer did not ensure that damaged hand protection was not used when working with caustic substances. A pair of gloves were found in damaged condition in the mud mixing room. This condition exposed employees to chemical burn hazards.

Issued

Oct 12, 2012

Abate by

Oct 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace::    (a) Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services, Pergamos #8-41-7-60, Rig #19, Briggsdale, CO 80611: On or about May 22, 2012 the employer did not provide medical evaluations to determine if each employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use a respirator in the workplace.  This condition may allow employees with pre-existing medical conditions to use respirators when they are not physically capable of doing so.

Issued

Oct 12, 2012

Abate by

Oct 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): The employer did not provide suitable facilities to injurious corrosive materials for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body within the work area for immediate emergency use:    a) Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services, Pergamos #8-41-7-60, Rig #19, Briggsdale, CO 80611: On or about May 22, 2012, the employer did not fill the eyewash resivor in the eyewash next to the mud hopper room. The cap was also missing. This condition exposed employees to chemical burn hazards.

Issued

Oct 12, 2012

Abate by

Oct 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(b)(4)(ii): Employers shall maintain copies of any material safety data sheets that are received with incoming shipments of the sealed containers of hazardous chemicals, shall obtain a material safety data sheet as soon as possible for sealed containers of hazardous chemicals received without a material safety data sheet if an employee requests the material safety data sheet, and shall ensure that material safety data sheets are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s):    a) Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services, Pergamos #8-41-7-60, Rig #19, Briggsdale, CO 80611: On or about May 22, 2012, the employer did not ensure that material safety data sheets were kept in a central location where they are accessible to employees in their work areas. Some material safety data sheets were found with the chemicals and some were found in a binder in the dog house. This condition exposed employees to chemical burn hazards in an emergency.