Inspection 345618979 OPENED NOV 4, 2021Closed
2200 W. 49th Street, Odessa, TX 79763 · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Aghorn Operating, Inc. has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Texas, the first in 2019.
OSHA's last visit started on Nov 4, 2021 to follow up on an earlier case, in Odessa.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 5 citation items: 5 serious.
OSHA proposed $105,253 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $75,000, down 29%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.134, respiratory protection (2 items).
For context, across all mining and oil and gas employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,880. Aghorn Operating, Inc. averages $75,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Aghorn Operating, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
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Inspection 344408901 OPENED OCT 26, 2019Closed
2216 W. 49th Street, Odessa, TX 79763 · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Oct 26, 2019 (fatal): Employee is overcome and suffocates from hydrogen sulfide ga
AT 7:00 p.m. on October 26, 2019, an employee entered the pump house to investigate an alarm. The employee was overcome by hydrogen sulfide gas when Pump #1 produced water containing hydrogen sulfide and contaminated the atmosphere. The employee died from asphyxiation.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1a 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection |
Serious | $9,446 | $6,000 | Apr 23, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(ii) · Respiratory protection |
Serious | $9,446 | $6,000 | Apr 23, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 1910.1000(e) · Air contaminants |
Serious | $9,446 | $6,000 | Apr 23, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 4 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication |
Serious | $9,446 | $6,000 | Apr 23, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1910.1000(b)(2) · Air contaminants |
Serious | $67,469 | $51,000 | Apr 23, 2020 | Final |
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2022, the Odessa site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 25 workers: 3.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.0 for its industry.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aghorn Operating Odessa · 2022 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.1000 · Air contaminants
29 CFR 1910.1000(b)(2)
(2) Acceptable ceiling concentrations. An employee's exposure to a substance listed in Table Z-2 shall not exceed at any time during an 8-hour shift the acceptable ceiling concentration limit given for the substance in the table, except for a time period, and up to a concentration not exceeding the maximum duration and concentration allowed in the column under “acceptable maximum peak above the acceptable ceiling concentration for an 8-hour shift.”
29 CFR 1910.1000(e)
(e) To achieve compliance with paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, administrative or engineering controls must first be determined and implemented whenever feasible. When such controls are not feasible to achieve full compliance, protective equipment or any other protective measures shall be used to keep the exposure of employees to air contaminants within the limits prescribed in this section. Any equipment and/or technical measures used for this purpose must be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person. Whenever respirators are used, their use shall comply with 1910.134.
29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)
(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:
29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.