Kenedy, Texas · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · NAICS 213112
14inspections
11citation items
$34,486current penalties
Jul 18, 2023last inspection
Fesco, Ltd has 14 OSHA inspections on record in Texas, the first in 1987.
OSHA's last visit started on Jul 18, 2023 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Converse.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 11 citation items: 7 serious and 4 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $52,369 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $34,486, down 34%.
Most often, OSHA cited Section 5(a)(1), the General Duty Clause (4 items).
For context, across all mining and oil and gas employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,880. Fesco, Ltd averages $10,695 over 3 cited inspections in that time.
5 inspections on this page followed a fatal incident.
Fesco, Ltd also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 5 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 100 employees at the site · Closed Jan 12, 2024
Construction Zone-12502 Ih 10 (highway Shoulder Lane, North Side), Converse, TX 78109 · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jul 18, 2023 (fatal): Employee is killed when struck by motor vehicle
At 1:35 p.m. on July 18, 2023, an employee was signaling traffic. A speeding truck swerved out of lane 1, spun around and hit the employee standing in the shoulder lane. The employee was killed due to blunt force trauma.
Incident on Jun 28, 2021 (fatal): Employee is killed during explosion after struck by pig
At 3:30 p.m. on June 28, 2021, an employee conducting flaring down operations and was getting ready to launch a pig when an explosion occured. The employee was struck by the pig and killed.
Incident on Aug 7, 2017: Employee is injured in fall from counter weight cylinders to
At approximately 4:00 p.m. on August 7, 2017, an employee was verifying the position of the counter weight cylinders. The employee fell from the counter weights to the crane deck and received facial injuries. The employee was hospitalized and treated for his injuries.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 340079649 OPENED NOV 13, 2014Closed
Unprogrammed related · Partial · Safety · 1,161 employees at the site · Closed May 12, 2015
Incident on Jun 26, 2011 (fatal): Employee is killed when gas line ball valve fails
On June 26, 2011, Employee #1 was standing in close proximity to a natural gas l ine ball valve that was operating a manual choke manifold that was under 1,100 p si of pressure. The ball valve failed and released pressure, causing Employee #1 to be thrown into a piece of iron, and a second piece of iron fell on him. Empl oyee #1 died at the site.
No citations from this inspection.
6 older inspections
Inspection 312460108 OPENED JUL 31, 2008Closed
Planned · Partial · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Jul 31, 2008
Incident on Sep 6, 1990 (fatal): Employee killed when struck by falling lubricator
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on September 6, 1990, two employees were running bot tom pressure tests on wells in an area. When they arrived at one field unit, the y rigged an 8.5-ft lubricator in the threads of the tree-top flange on top of th e crown valve of a Christmas tree. The pressure in the production tubing was mea sured at 711 psi and the casing or annulus at 770 psi. After measurement, the el ement was lowered to the 2,000-ft level for a reference stop, and then lowered a gain. However, pressure began escaping from the lubricator's stuffing box. Emplo yee #1 climbed the Christmas tree and onto the lubricator. He stood on the lubri cator steps to tighten the bolt on the stuffing box to stop the pressure leak. H e was climbing down when the lubricator was expelled from the tree's crown valve top flange. Employee #1 was struck by the lubricator on the chest and both arms . He was pronounced dead at the scene. The lubricator had been standing on top o f the Christmas tree and had only been secured by the threads on the top flange. No guy wires had been attached to stabilize the lubricator.
Incident on Dec 28, 1987 (fatal): Employee killed when struck by pipe
At approximately 12:05 a.m. on December 28, 1987, Employee #1 was opening an adj ustable choker to bleed off pressure from a sand separator. Approximately 35 ft of steel blowdown line that ran to a pit was not tied down. A connection in the middle of the line allowed it to swivel, and it had a side outlet tee on the end of the line pointing down into the pit. A sudden blast of gas pressure caused t he line to flip straight back, striking and killing Employee #1. The pressure in the sand separator was 855 psi.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Alice site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 99 workers: 0.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.2 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
FESCO Alice Corporate Office
Alice · 2025
99
1
0
0.8
0.2
FESCO - Hydraulic Choke Division
Alice · 2025
55
1
0
1.1
0.2
FESCO - Corpus Christi Wireline District
Corpus Christi · 2025
45
0
0
0.0
0.2
FESCO - Corpus Christi Pump District
Corpus Christi · 2025
42
1
0
1.2
0.2
FESCO - Edinburg District
Alice · 2025
41
1
1
1.6
0.2
FESCO - El Campo District
El Campo · 2025
44
0
0
0.0
0.2
FESCO - Alice District
Alice · 2025
23
0
0
0.0
0.2
FESCO - Laboratory
Alice · 2025
37
0
0
0.0
0.2
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 5 reports on file.
Nov 20, 2024, Kenedy: Hospitalization · closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels · other digestive structures n.e.c.
Three employees were breaking a threaded tool string connection using two 36-inch pipe wrenches. One of the pipe wrenches slipped and struck an employee in the abdomen, resulting in a ruptured spleen.
Jan 10, 2020, Alice: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was lowering a pickup truck's tail gate when his right ring finger was caught between a cable and the tailgate's upper rail. The fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle.
Jan 29, 2019, El Campo: Hospitalization · fractures · foot (feet), unspecified
An employee was operating a forklift and staging 10" pipe on a concrete parking lot. The first joint of pipe was set down and the second joint was being retrieved when the first joint began to roll. The employee secured the forklift and went to stop the pipe from rolling, but was struck by the rolling pipe on the back of his leg. The employee fell and the pipe rolled up his leg. The employee suffered a broken foot.
Aug 8, 2017, Alice: Hospitalization · fractures · face, unspecified
An employee was inspecting counter weight cylinders for clearance when the employee fell from the top of the counter weights to the crane deck, suffering a facial fracture.
The injured employee had his left hand on a forklift, signaling to the operator to lower the forks due to an unbalanced situation with a parts catcher screen assembly. In the process of lowering the forks the screen assembly shifted smashing the tip of the employees index finger on his left hand between the bonnet of the manual valve of the screen assembly and the forks.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1904.2 · Partial exemption for establishments in certain industries
(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(4)
(4) The employer shall make the written hazard communication program available, upon request, to employees, their designated representatives, the Assistant Secretary and the Director, in accordance with the requirements of § 1910.1020(e).
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(2)(iii)
(iii) The location and availability of the written hazard communication program, including the required list(s) of hazardous chemicals, and safety data sheets required by this section.
29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
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