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Basin Drilling Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Lovelady, Texas · Drilling Oil and Gas Wells · NAICS 213111

3inspections
14citation items
$22,000current penalties
Mar 3, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Basin Drilling Inc. 3 times in Texas since 2011.

The latest one began on Mar 3, 2015 as a planned inspection, in Pecos.

Those inspections ended with 14 citation items: 12 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $28,365 and now stand at $22,000, 22% lower after settlements or reviews.

Electrical wiring methods comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.305.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for mining and oil and gas employers since 2015 is $2,883, and Basin Drilling Inc. averages $10,000 (1 cited inspection).

Basin Drilling Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2011 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340445915 OPENED MAR 3, 2015Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 70 employees at the site · Closed Sep 8, 2015

Phantom (wolfcamp) Field, State Neal Lethco Lease 3405-142, Well # Basin Drilling Rig #104, 15.7 Miles Nw From Fort Stockton, Tx 79772, Pecos, TX 79772 · Drilling Oil and Gas Wells · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.23(a)(8) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
 Serious$1,964$1,000Aug 13, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.101(b) · Compressed gases (general requirements)
 Serious$2,618$1,500Aug 13, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.110(f)(2)(i) · Storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases
 Serious$0$0Aug 13, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$3,273$3,000Aug 13, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.304(g)(5) · Grounding and circuit protection
 Serious$1,964$1,000Aug 13, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(c) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$2,618$1,500Aug 13, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$1,964$1,000Aug 13, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$1,964$1,000Aug 13, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 13, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.219(b)(2) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 13, 2015Final

Inspection 339360547 OPENED AUG 28, 2013Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 12 employees at the site · Closed Aug 28, 2013

Rig 101, Burk Royalty Madison County N30.9081, W-95.803, Madisonville, TX 77864 · Drilling Oil and Gas Wells · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 315783803 OPENED OCT 12, 2011Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 22 employees at the site · Closed Mar 12, 2012

Crespi #1h, Lovelady, TX 75851 · Drilling Oil and Gas Wells · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$3,000$3,000Nov 4, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$3,000$3,000Nov 4, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$3,000$3,000Nov 4, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.151(b) · First aid and eyewash
 Serious$3,000$3,000Nov 4, 2011Closed

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.101 · Compressed gases (general requirements)

29 CFR 1910.101(b)

(b) Compressed gases. The in-plant handling, storage, and utilization of all compressed gases in cylinders, portable tanks, rail tankcars, or motor vehicle cargo tanks shall be in accordance with Compressed Gas Association Pamphlet P-1-1965, which is incorporated by reference as specified in § 1910.6.

29 CFR 1910.110 · Storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases

29 CFR 1910.110(f)(2)(i)

(2) General. (i) Containers in storage shall be located so as to minimize exposure to excessive temperature rise, physical damage, or tampering by unauthorized persons.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii)

(iii) The employer shall identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; this evaluation shall include a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazard(s) and an identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form. Where the employer cannot identify or reasonably estimate the employee exposure, the employer shall consider the atmosphere to be IDLH.

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.304 · Grounding and circuit protection

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

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