MONT BELVIEU, TX ·
OSHA Inspection: TEXLA DIRECTIONAL DRILLING
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of TEXLA DIRECTIONAL DRILLING in 500 W WINFREE ST, MONT BELVIEU, TX 77523 (NAICS 237990). OSHA activity number 344862313.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- TEXLA DIRECTIONAL DRILLING
- Site address
- 500 W WINFREE ST
- City
- MONT BELVIEU
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77523
- Mailing
- P.O.BOX 1263, MAURICEVILLE, TX 77626
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
- 237990
- Employees
- 9
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Nov 10, 2020
- Abate by
- Dec 30, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $4,048 · Current $4,048
General-duty citation text
OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): 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 to employees, in that the employer did not protect employees from the recognized hazard of struck-by: a) On July 29, 2020, in the South NGL terminal at Lone Star LLC Mont Belvieu facility, employees were permitted to perform Horizontal Directional Drilling without confirming or determining in advance the location and depth of all utilities and subsurface structures. This condition exposed employees to struck-by hazards from flying debris/shrapnel from a fire and explosion, when the boring tool struck a 10-inch unidentified NGL pipeline.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $4048
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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 344862313.
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