KEENE, ND ·
OSHA Inspection: HAM'S WELL SERVICE, INC.
Referral inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral health inspection of HAM'S WELL SERVICE, INC. in MUREX TANK 12-35 SIX MILES SOUTH OF KEENE, KEENE, ND 58847 (NAICS 213112). OSHA activity number 344669627.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- HAM'S WELL SERVICE, INC.
- Site address
- MUREX TANK 12-35 SIX MILES SOUTH OF KEENE
- City
- KEENE
- State
- ND
- ZIP
- 58847
- Mailing
- 10253 HIGHWAY 83 SOUTH, WESTHOPE, ND 58793
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- 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
- 213112
- Employees
- 54
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.1000 B02
- Issued
- Aug 20, 2020
- Abate by
- Sep 24, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $9,446 · Current $0 Reduced
1480
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1000(b)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of hydrogen sulfide listed in Table Z-2 in excess of the peak concentration of 50 ppm: (a) On or about February 28, 2020 an employee lost consciousness while performing workover rig activities when his BW Clip H2S single gas monitor registered the over limit reading of 100 ppm three times during the 32 minute period he was on the rig floor, at the Murex Petroleum wellsite, Murex Tank 12-35 located six miles south of Keene, North Dakota.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $9446
1910.1000 E
- Issued
- Aug 20, 2020
- Abate by
- Sep 24, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $9,446
1480
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls are not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d) and protective equipment or any other protective measures are not used to keep the exposure of employee to air contaminants within the limits prescribed: or in the alternative Section (5)(a)(1): The employer failed to furnish to each of their employees employment and a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm, in that employees were exposed to hydrogen sulfide hazards. (a) On or about February 28, 2020 an employee lost consciousness when exposed to hydrogen sulfide above the maximum peak of 50 ppm while performing workover activities where engineering controls or protective equipment were not used to eliminate exposure at the Murex Petroleum wellsite, Murex Tank 12-35 located six miles south of Keene, North Dakota.
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $9446
- · Z (S) $0
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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 344669627.
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