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H.F. Sinclair: OSHA inspections and violations

Artesia, New Mexico · Petroleum Refineries · NAICS 324110

3inspections
4citation items
$48,007current penalties
Nov 3, 2025last inspection

OSHA has inspected H.F. Sinclair 3 times in New Mexico since 2025.

The latest one began on Nov 3, 2025 after an accident, in Artesia; the case is still open.

Those inspections ended with 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $48,007 and still stand at $48,007.

Process safety management comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.119.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and H.F. Sinclair averages $24,004 (2 cited inspections).

H.F. Sinclair: OSHA citation items per year, 2025 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348587650 OPENED NOV 3, 2025Open

Accident · Partial · Safety · 340 employees at the site · Open

501 E. Main Street, Artesia, NM 88210 · Petroleum Refineries · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.119(j)(3) · Process safety management
 Serious$16,554$16,554Apr 30, 2026Contested
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.119(j)(4)(i) · Process safety management
 Serious$16,554$16,554Apr 30, 2026Contested
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 30, 2026Contested

Inspection 348588948 OPENED NOV 3, 2025Closed

Accident · Complete · Health · 400 employees at the site · Closed Apr 21, 2026

501 E. Main Street, Artesia, NM 88210 · Petroleum Refineries · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 348237587 OPENED MAY 5, 2025Open

Accident · Partial · Safety · 349 employees at the site · Open

501 E. Main Street, Artesia, NM 88210 · Petroleum Refineries · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(i) · Process safety management
 Serious$14,899$14,899Oct 27, 2025Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.119 · Process safety management

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(i)

(i) Steps for each operating phase:

29 CFR 1910.119(j)(3)

(3) Training for process maintenance activities. The employer shall train each employee involved in maintaining the on-going integrity of process equipment in an overview of that process and its hazards and in the procedures applicable to the employee's job tasks to assure that the employee can perform the job tasks in a safe manner.

29 CFR 1910.119(j)(4)(i)

(4) Inspection and testing. (i) Inspections and tests shall be performed on process equipment.

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

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