Basic Energy Services: OSHA inspections and violations
Artesia, New Mexico · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · NAICS 213112
22inspections
17citation items
$19,150current penalties
Apr 25, 2018last inspection
OSHA has inspected Basic Energy Services 22 times in New Mexico since 2004.
The latest one began on Apr 25, 2018 as a planned inspection, in Hobbs.
Those inspections ended with 17 citation items: 11 serious, 1 repeat and 5 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $22,075 and now stand at $19,150, 13% lower after settlements or reviews.
Scaffolds and rope descent systems comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.27.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for mining and oil and gas employers since 2015 is $2,866, and Basic Energy Services averages $5,000 (1 cited inspection).
Basic Energy Services also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2017, the Carlsbad site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 85 workers: 2.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.2 for its industry. Those cases cost 47 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Carlsbad site
Carlsbad · 2017
85
3
1
2.5
0.2
Artesia site
Artesia · 2017
71
2
1
1.8
0.2
Hobbs site
Hobbs · 2017
45
1
0
1.4
0.2
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(c) Toilet facilities—(1) General. (i) Except as otherwise indicated in this paragraph (c)(1)(i), toilet facilities, in toilet rooms separate for each sex, shall be provided in all places of employment in accordance with table J-1 of this section. The number of facilities to be provided for each sex shall be based on the number of employees of that sex for whom the facilities are furnished. Where toilet rooms will be occupied by no more than one person at a time, can be locked from the inside, and contain at least one water closet, separate toilet rooms for each sex need not be provided. Where such single-occupancy rooms have more than one toilet facility, only one such facility in each toilet room shall be counted for the purpose of table J-1.
(2) Portable extinguishers or hose used in lieu thereof under paragraph (d)(3) of this section shall be visually inspected monthly.
29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3)
(3) The employer shall assure that portable fire extinguishers are subjected to an annual maintenance check. Stored pressure extinguishers do not require an internal examination. The employer shall record the annual maintenance date and retain this record for one year after the last entry or the life of the shell, whichever is less. The record shall be available to the Assistant Secretary upon request.
29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
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.