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Citadel Drilling: OSHA inspections and violations

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

2inspections
5citation items
$23,000current penalties
Nov 16, 2020last inspection

OSHA has inspected Citadel Drilling 2 times in Texas since 2019.

The latest one began on Nov 16, 2020, in Pecos.

Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 1 serious and 4 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $28,638 and now stand at $23,000, 20% lower after settlements or reviews.

Walking-working surfaces comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.22.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for mining and oil and gas employers since 2015 is $2,880, and Citadel Drilling averages $11,500 (2 cited inspections).

Citadel Drilling: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345036016 OPENED NOV 16, 2020Closed

Unprogrammed other · Complete · Safety · 138 employees at the site · Closed Feb 10, 2021

Citadel Rig #6, 6.2 Nw Direction From Verhalen, 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 1910.5(a) · Applicability of standards
 Serious$10,930$8,000Jan 14, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.22(d)(1) · Walking-working surfaces
 Other-than-serious$6,246$5,000Jan 14, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(2) · Machine guarding
 Other-than-serious$6,246$5,000Jan 14, 2021Final

Inspection 343819686 OPENED FEB 27, 2019Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 130 employees at the site · Closed Oct 23, 2019

7550 W Ih20 6.43 Mi. Se Of Pecos, 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 1910.22(d)(2) · Walking-working surfaces
 Other-than-serious$5,216$5,000Aug 23, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.304(g)(5) · Grounding and circuit protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 23, 2019Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(2)

(2) General requirements for machine guards. Guards shall be affixed to the machine where possible and secured elsewhere if for any reason attachment to the machine is not possible. The guard shall be such that it does not offer an accident hazard in itself.

29 CFR 1910.22 · Walking-working surfaces

29 CFR 1910.22(d)(1)

(1) Walking-working surfaces are inspected, regularly and as necessary, and maintained in a safe condition;

29 CFR 1910.22(d)(2)

(2) Hazardous conditions on walking-working surfaces are corrected or repaired before an employee uses the walking-working surface again. If the correction or repair cannot be made immediately, the hazard must be guarded to prevent employees from using the walking-working surface until the hazard is corrected or repaired; and

29 CFR 1910.304 · Grounding and circuit protection

29 CFR 1910.5 · Applicability of standards

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