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Cudd Pumping Services, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Frierson, Louisiana · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · NAICS 213112

2inspections
1citation items
$6,985current penalties
Apr 18, 2018last inspection

Cudd Pumping Services, Inc. has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Louisiana, the first in 2012.

OSHA's last visit started on Apr 18, 2018 on a referral, in Ruston.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.

OSHA proposed $11,641 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $6,985, down 40%.

For context, across all mining and oil and gas employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,883. Cudd Pumping Services, Inc. averages $6,985 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Cudd Pumping Services, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2012 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343094777 OPENED APR 18, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 16 employees at the site · Closed Jul 18, 2018

Intersection Of Cheatwood And Chandler Road, Ruston, LA 71270 · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Apr 15, 2018: Employee is struck by unguarded auger blade and is hospitali

At 1:00 p.m. on April 15, 2018, an employee was removing sand in bottom of a hopper and had his feet exposed to unguarded augers. The employee's left foot was caught by one of the augers when the machine was started resulting in several lacerations and was fractures. The employee was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$11,641$6,985Jun 22, 2018Final

Inspection 337399216 OPENED SEP 6, 2012Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 35 employees at the site · Closed Dec 13, 2013

Off Hwy 187, Frierson, LA 71027 · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Apr 15, 2018, Ruston: Hospitalization · fractures · foot (feet), unspecified

An employee was standing on a piece of equipment to assist in a maintenance task when a second employee inadvertently started the equipment. The injured employees' left foot then became caught and fractured in a rotating piece of machinery. The equipment was unguarded 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 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)

(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.

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