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Bos Solutions: OSHA inspections and violations

Platteville, Colorado · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · NAICS 213112

3inspections
5citation items
$15,500current penalties
Dec 1, 2016last inspection

Bos Solutions has 3 OSHA inspections on record in Colorado, the first in 2009.

OSHA's last visit started on Dec 1, 2016 on a referral, in Fort Lupton.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 5 citation items: 2 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $18,719 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $15,500, down 17%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.184, slings (2 items).

For context, across all mining and oil and gas employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,866. Bos Solutions averages $7,500 over 2 cited inspections in that time.

It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.

Bos Solutions: OSHA citation items per year, 2009 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342088770 OPENED DEC 1, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Jul 7, 2017

Anadarko Rig X22 2000 Cr 23, Fort Lupton, CO 80621 · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 28, 2016: Employee¿s finger is amputated in rigging chain

At approximately 1:15 p.m. on December 28, 2016, Employee #1 was moving a shale bin with a forklift using a stringer attachment and chain. As he was rigging the shale bin his right middle finger was in an eye of the chain. The stringer attachment moved causing the chain to tighten which amputated his finger at the second joint. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a Other-than-serious$7,619$9,800May 16, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1b Other-than-serious$0$0May 16, 2017Final

Inspection 340507391 OPENED MAR 17, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 550 employees at the site · Closed Oct 19, 2015

Watson B Ranch 32-c, Rig #7, Battlement Mesa, CO 81635 · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
Serious$7,000$3,500Sep 9, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Other-than-serious$3,400$1,700Sep 9, 2015Final

Inspection 313413445 OPENED SEP 17, 2009Closed

Unprogrammed related · Partial · Safety · 1 employee at the site · Closed Feb 5, 2010

Ensign Rig 128, Weld County, Platteville, CO 80651 · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · 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$700$500Jan 20, 2010Closed

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.

Dec 28, 2016, Fort Lupton: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.

An employee had just finished lifting a shale bin using two loaders (one with a stinger, chain, and lifting equipment) in order to place matting underneath. Once the matting was in place, the employee directed the loader to lower the bin until there was enough slack in the lifting chain to remove it. As the employee grabbed the eye of the lifting chain to unhook it, the operator of the loader…

Mar 14, 2015, Battlement Mesa: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · hand(s), n.e.c.

An employee on an oil rig had his left hand amputated by a rock crusher while dislodging rocks from the machine. Lockout procedures were not followed at the time.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.184 · Slings

29 CFR 1910.184(c)(10)

(10) Hands or fingers shall not be placed between the sling and its load while the sling is being tightened around the load.

29 CFR 1910.184(c)(4)

(4) Slings shall not be loaded in excess of their rated capacities.

29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2)

(2) Services, feeders, and branch circuits. Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, shall be legibly marked to indicate its purpose, unless located and arranged so the purpose is evident.

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

Other support activities for oil and gas operations employers in Colorado

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