KARNES CITY, TX —
OSHA Inspection: PIONEER DRILLING COMPANY
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of PIONEER DRILLING COMPANY in SUGAR CANE FIELD RICKS LIVING TRUST GU-2A1H, KARNES CITY, TX 78118 (NAICS 213111). OSHA activity number 334714383.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- PIONEER DRILLING COMPANY
- Site address
- SUGAR CANE FIELD RICKS LIVING TRUST GU-2A1H
- City
- KARNES CITY
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 78118
- Mailing
- P.O. BOX 2963, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78403
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 213111
- Employees
- 2000
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.22 A01
- Issued
- Oct 17, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $3,400 · Current $2,040 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean and orderly or in a sanitary condition. At various locations at Rig #8 employees were exposed to slip, trips, and falls: a. On the drilling rig floor, a hydraulic return line was leaking fluid onto the rig floor. b. The metal walkway near the substructure driller side stairs rose approimately 1 inch above the adjacent metal walkway section. c. The metal walkway leading to the mud pumps had a loose piece of plywood over a gap in the walkway.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2040
- — Z (S) $3400
1910.242 A
- Issued
- Oct 17, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $2,168 · Current $1,301 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.242(a): Hand and portable powered tools or equipment were not kept in safe condition: At Rig #8 employees used hand tools such as shovels with cracked handles.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1300.8
- — Z (S) $2168
1904.4 A
- Issued
- Oct 17, 2012
- Abate by
- Nov 7, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1904.4(a): Each employer required by this Part to keep records of fatalities, injuries, and illnesses must record each fatality, injury and illness that is a recordable event: For the 2012 calendar year, an employee's injury, case number 1,326 on the OSHA 301 equivalent form was not recorded on the OSHA form 300 within 7 days of occurrence of the recordable incident.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
1910.303 B01 IV
- Issued
- Oct 17, 2012
- Abate by
- Nov 7, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(1)(iv): Safety of equipment was not determined using considerations for electrical insulation: At motor number two, the flexible cord energizing the blower had been repaired by the use of black electrical tape. The outter insulation was torn exposing the green, white and black conductors.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 334714383.
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