OSHA Inspection: KLX ENERGY SERVICES, LLC

Issued

Apr 29, 2022

Abate by

May 5, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,360 · Current $10,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.109(d)(3)(iii): Every motor vehicle transporting any quantity of Class A or Class B explosives was not at all times attended by a driver or other attendant of the motor carrier:  (a)	On or about November 03, 2021, for employees engaged in perforating operations at the worksite located at or near 13456 Seventh Street NW, Grassy Butte, North Dakota, where the 2018 Silver Ford F250 was left unattended while containing explosives, including but not limited to; loaded perforations guns, detonation cord, and detonators.

Issued

Apr 29, 2022

Abate by

May 5, 2022

Penalty

Initial $145,027 · Current $112,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.109(b)(1):Explosives or blasting agents were stored, handled, and/or transported when such storage, handling, and transporting of  such explosives or blasting agents constituted an undue hazard to life:  Or in the alternative,   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 employees were exposed to explosive projectile hazards:  (a)	On or about November 03, 2021, for the employees working at or near 13456 Seventh Street NW in Grassy Butte, North Dakota where non-essential personnel handled explosives by assisting in the assembly of a perforation gun, without being cleared from the hazard area.  (b)	 On or about November 03, 2021, for the employees working at or near 13456 Seventh Street NW in Grassy Butte, North Dakota where bonding or grounding strap was not used to control stray voltage.   (c)	On or about November 03, 2021, for the employees working at or near 13456 Seventh Street NW in Grassy Butte, North Dakota where the firing key was not isolated and controlled to prevent premature or untimely activation/arming of the explosive device.

Issued

Apr 29, 2022

Abate by

May 5, 2022

Penalty

Initial $145,027 · Current $112,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.109(d)(1)(iv): Blasting caps or electric blasting caps were transported over the highways on the same vehicles with other explosives, that were not packaged, segregated, and transported in accordance with the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR parts 177-180):  (a)	On or about November 03, 2021, for the employees working at or near 13456 7th Street NW in Grassy Butte, North Dakota where detonators (blasting caps), primer cord, shape charges, and tubing cutters with explosives class 1.4B, 1.4D, and 1.4S were transported together with nothing to prevent incidental contact with each other.

Issued

Apr 29, 2022

Abate by

May 5, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.109(d)(2)(i): Vehicles used for transporting explosives shall be strong enough to carry the load without difficulty and be in good mechanical condition. The vehicle did not have a closed body, the body was not covered with a flameproof and moisture-proof tarpaulin or other effective protection against moisture and sparks. All vehicles used for the transportation of explosives did not have tight floors and any exposed spark-producing metal on the inside of the body was not covered with wood or other non-sparking materials to prevent contact with packages of explosives:  (a)	On or about November 03, 2021, for the employees working at or near 13456 Seventh Street NW in Grassy Butte, North Dakota where the vehicle used to transport the explosives, consisting of detonators (blasting caps), primer cord, shape charges, and tubing cutters with explosives class 1.4B, 1.4D, and 1.4S were transported together in a steel pickup box without a cover or bedliner.

Issued

Apr 29, 2022

Abate by

May 5, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.109(d)(3)(iv): Spark-producing metal, spark-producing metal tools, oils, matches, firearms, electric storage batteries, flammable substances, acids, oxidizing materials, or corrosive compounds were carried in the body of any motor truck and/or vehicle transporting explosives:  (a)	On or about November 03, 2021, for the employees working at or near 13456 Seventh Street NW in Grassy Butte, North Dakota where explosives were transported next to spark producing tools.

Issued

Apr 29, 2022

Abate by

May 5, 2022

Penalty

Initial $145,027 · Current $14,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.109(e)(1)(iv): Persons authorized to prepare explosive charges or conduct blasting operations did not use every reasonable precaution, including but not limited to warning signals, flags, barricades, or woven wire mats to ensure the safety of the general public and workmen:  (a)	On or about November 03, 2021, for the employees working at or near 13456 Seventh Street NW in Grassy Butte, North Dakota no signage, flags, or barricades were used to notify personnel in the area that explosives hazards may exist.

Issued

Apr 29, 2022

Abate by

May 5, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.109(e)(1)(vii)(b): There were no signs warning against the use of mobile radio transmitters on all roads within 350 feet of the blasting operations:  (a)	On or about November 03, 2021, at or near 13456 Seventh Street NW in Grassy Butte, North Dakota, for the employees engaged in perforating activities for a multi-employer plug and abandonment operation at a wellsite.

Issued

Apr 29, 2022

Abate by

May 18, 2022

Penalty

Initial $1,163 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.109(d)(2)(ii)(a): Exterior markings or placards required on applicable vehicles were not displayed as follows for the various classes of commodities:  (a)	On or about November 03, 2021, for the employees working at or near 13456 Seventh Street NW in Grassy Butte, North Dakota where the 2018 Silver Ford F250 did not have placarding for explosives transport.