POWERS LAKE, ND ·
OSHA Inspection: HELMERICH & PAYNE DRILLING COMPANY
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of HELMERICH & PAYNE DRILLING COMPANY in H&P RIG 457 6 MILES NORTH OF HWY 50 ON COUNTY ROAD 7 NORTH, POWERS LAKE, ND 58773 (NAICS 213111). OSHA activity number 339581167.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- HELMERICH & PAYNE DRILLING COMPANY
- Site address
- H&P RIG 457 6 MILES NORTH OF HWY 50 ON COUNTY ROAD 7 NORTH
- City
- POWERS LAKE
- State
- ND
- ZIP
- 58773
- Mailing
- 3214 110K AVENUE SW, DICKINSON, ND 58601
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 213111
- Employees
- 10333
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- May 20, 2014
- Abate by
- Jun 6, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $3,500 Reduced
General-duty citation text
Section 5(a)(1): The employer failed to furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or were likely to cause death or serious physical harm in that employees were exposed to being struck by a falling Mud Gas Separator, or "gas buster," during rig-down activities: (a) On or about December 14, 2013, for the employees rigging down where one employee was severely injured after being struck by a falling gas buster while working under the load before the gas buster was properly restrained by a crane, and the pin had been removed at H&P Rig 457, six miles north of Highway 50 on County Road 7 North, near Powers Lake, North Dakota. Abatement Note: Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard would be to ensure that employees are not working under the load and/or pins are not pulled until the load is restrained at the top of the gas buster by crane.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $3500
- · Z (S) $7000
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 339581167.
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