JOHNSON, KS ·
OSHA Inspection: SMYTH OIL AND GAS SERVICE
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of SMYTH OIL AND GAS SERVICE in HIGHWAY 27 & COUNTY RD 36 751 SE COUNTY ROAD 36, JOHNSON CITY, KS 67855, JOHNSON, KS 67855 (NAICS 213112). OSHA activity number 348583477.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- SMYTH OIL AND GAS SERVICE
- Site address
- HIGHWAY 27 & COUNTY RD 36 751 SE COUNTY ROAD 36, JOHNSON CITY, KS 67855
- City
- JOHNSON
- State
- KS
- ZIP
- 67855
- Mailing
- PO BOX 905, ULYSSES, KS 67880
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Fatality or catastrophe (M)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- 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
- 213112
- Employees
- 6
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.501 B04 I
- Issued
- Feb 10, 2026
- Abate by
- Mar 9, 2026
- Penalty
- Initial $4,965 · Current $2,979 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(i):Each employee on walking/working surfaces was not protected from falling through holes (including skylights), more than six feet (1.8 m) above lower levels, by personal fall arrest systems, covers, or guardrail systems erected around such holes. On October 24, 2025, at 751 SE County Road 36, Johnson City, KS, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 16 feet, in that they worked adjacent to an open hole that measured approximately 7x7 foot while placing milk chillers on an elevated platform.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $2979
- · Z (S) $4965
1926.503 A01
- Issued
- Feb 10, 2026
- Abate by
- Mar 9, 2026
- Penalty
- Initial $3,547 · Current $2,128 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1):The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards: Employees working from the metal platform, during Chiller installation, were exposed to an approximate 16' fall through unguarded openings in the platform without adequate instruction on the processes to follow and equipment necessary to keep them from falling through the platform openings.
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $2128.2
- · Z (S) $3547
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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 348583477.
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