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OSHA Inspection: QUAD ELDORADO DRILLING COMPANY, LLC

Planned inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of QUAD ELDORADO DRILLING COMPANY, LLC in RUTH 1-14H, SEC 14-19N-15W, DEWEY COUNTY, SEILING, OK 73663 (NAICS 213111). OSHA activity number 339371320.

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Site address
RUTH 1-14H, SEC 14-19N-15W, DEWEY COUNTY
City
SEILING
State
OK
ZIP
73663
Mailing
PO BOX 1622, ENID, OK 73702
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
Non-union (B)
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
213111
Employees
22
Ownership type
Private (A)

3 citations on file for this inspection.

1910.23 C02

Other-than-serious 1 instance 8 exposed
Issued
Jan 28, 2014
Abate by
Feb 5, 2014
Penalty
Initial $1,575 · Current $1,000 Reduced
29 CFR 1910.23(c)(2): Runways four feet or more above floor or ground level were not guarded by standard railings (or the equivalent):    West end of the mud pits:  On or about August 29, 2013, and times prior to, employees operating the mud system of a drilling rig during the drilling of an oil/gas well used an unguarded elevated ramp from the mud pits down to the cotton seed hull trailer.  This exposed the employees to the hazard of falling over 4 feet.
Recent events (2)
  • · I (O) $1000
  • · Z (S) $1575

1910.37 A04

Other-than-serious 1 instance 4 exposed
Issued
Jan 28, 2014
Abate by
Feb 5, 2014
Penalty
Initial $2,625 · Current $1,000 Reduced
29 CFR 1910.37(a)(4): Safeguard(s) designed to protect employees during an emergency (e.g., sprinkler systems, alarm systems, fire doors, exit lighting), were not in proper working order at all times:    East side of the drilling rig:  On or about August 29, 2013, employees were operating a drilling rig during the drilling of an oil/gas well where several employees worked on the rig derrick.  The ground anchorage for the derrick emergency escape system, Geronimo line, was inadequate.  This exposed the employees to the hazard of falling.
Recent events (2)
  • · I (O) $1000
  • · Z (S) $2625

1910.215 B09

Other-than-serious Gravity 1 1 instance 22 exposed
Issued
Jan 28, 2014
Abate by
Jan 30, 2014
Penalty
Initial $1,575 · Current $1,000 Reduced
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): The distance between the abrasive wheel periphery(s) and the adjustable tongue or the end of the safety guard peripheral member at the top exceeded one fourth inch:     Light house:  On or about August 29, 2013,  employees operating a drilling rig during the drilling of an oil/gas well were provide a dual wheel bench grinder.  The grinder left wheel had a 3/4 inch opening between the wheel and the end of the top safety guard exposing the employee to the hazard of being struck by wheel fragements.
Recent events (2)
  • · I (O) $1000
  • · Z (S) $1575

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