OSHA has inspected Kinder Morgan 3 times in North Dakota since 2015.
The latest one began on Dec 12, 2023 on a referral, in Alexander.
Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 5 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $57,046 and now stand at $50,416, 12% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Kinder Morgan averages $25,208 (2 cited inspections).
Kinder Morgan also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 4 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Nov 17, 2018: Employee sustains first and second degree burns in flash fir
At 9:00 a.m. on November 17, 2018, an employee was ventilating the building that had a gas leak and opened a door, igniting the fame. The employee sustained first and second degree flash burns to his exposed skin and was hospitalized. hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2018, the Alexander site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 67 workers: 2.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 91 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Watford Yard Office
Alexander · 2018
67
2
1
2.6
0.0
Norse Plant
Mcgregor · 2018
9
1
1
9.4
0.0
Watford City Plant
Alexander · 2017
42
1
0
2.1
0.0
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 4 reports on file.
An employee was diagnosing an alarm on a compressor skid. They were changing out a liquid level switch on the natural gas compressor system when there was a flash fire/explosion. The employee sustained burns to their face and ear, and severe burns to both hands. The employee was hospitalized.
Dec 6, 2022, Alexander: Hospitalization · fractures · leg(s), unspecified
An employee was repairing an overhead door when they fell from a mobile stair platform to the floor and sustained a fractured left leg.
Jun 5, 2020, Watford City: Hospitalization · internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk · abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
An employee was struck by a telehandler while inspecting it before use. The employee was hospitalized for a tear to the small intestine.
Nov 17, 2018, Mcgregor: Hospitalization · second degree heat (thermal) burns · hand(s), unspecified
An employee was ventilating a building containing a gas leak and the gases ignited when the employee opened the door. The employee suffered first degree burns to the face and neck and second degree burns to both hands.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(i) Pre-startup safety review. (1) The employer shall perform a pre-startup safety review for new facilities and for modified facilities when the modification is significant enough to require a change in the process safety information.
(ii) The procedures shall clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, and the means to enforce compliance including, but not limited to, the following:
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(5)(i)
(5) Stored energy. (i) Following the application of lockout or tagout devices to energy isolating devices, all potentially hazardous stored or residual energy shall be relieved, disconnected, restrained, and otherwise rendered safe.
Other petroleum refineries employers in North Dakota
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.
