OSHA has inspected Frontier Drilling LLC 6 times in Texas since 1983.
The latest one began on Sep 20, 2022 as a planned inspection, in Kent.
Those inspections ended with 22 citation items: 13 serious and 9 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $88,860 and now stand at $62,282, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.
Grounding and circuit protection comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.304.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for mining and oil and gas employers since 2015 is $2,880, and Frontier Drilling LLC averages $15,446 (4 cited inspections).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Inspection 342608965 OPENED AUG 28, 2017Closed
Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 9 employees at the site · Closed Oct 31, 2018
Patricia Unit 14812-ah, Martin County, 11 Miles N. Of Stanton, Stanton, TX 79782 · Drilling Oil and Gas Wells · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Aug 28, 2017 (fatal): Employee is struck by beam and is killed
At 5:30 p.m. on August 28, 2017, an employee was using a hammer to hit a pipe wrench while on a ladder. The employee was struck in the head by a spreader beam pivot , crushing his skull. The employee was killed due to blunt force trauma.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1a |
Serious | $11,641 | $11,641 | Feb 7, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1b |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Feb 7, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 |
Serious | $11,641 | $11,641 | Feb 7, 2018 | Final |
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.