Inspection 345297501 OPENED MAY 7, 2021Closed
1010 Fm1788, Midland, TX 79706 · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Onyx Contractors has 3 OSHA inspections on record in Texas, the first in 2020.
OSHA's last visit started on May 7, 2021 to follow up on an earlier case, in Midland.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 4 citation items: 2 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $10,203 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.134, respiratory protection (2 items).
For context, across all mining and oil and gas employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,880. Onyx Contractors averages $10,203 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
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Inspection 344694625 OPENED MAR 12, 2020Open
Ag Hill Battery, Kermit, TX 79745 · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection so far.
Inspection 344696729 OPENED MAR 10, 2020Closed
Ag Hill, Cr 101, Winkler County, Kermit, TX 79745 · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Mar 10, 2020 (fatal): Employee is killed when overcome by hydrogen sulfide poison
At 6:45 a.m. on March 10, 2020, Employee # 1 was attempting to rescue Employee # 2 from hydrogen sulfide poison. He was overcome by the hydrogen sulfide and was killed.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1a 29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii) · Respiratory protection |
Serious | $9,446 | $9,446 | Aug 24, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1b 29 CFR 1910.134(d)(2)(i)(a) · Respiratory protection |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Aug 24, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1a 29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements |
Other-than-serious | $757 | $757 | Aug 24, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1b 29 CFR 1910.132(h)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Aug 24, 2020 | Final |
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.
Mar 10, 2020, Kermit: Hospitalization · poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified · body systems
The injured employee was collecting produced water from a well site when he observed a person collapse. The injured employee attempted to render aid to the person, when he succumbed to hydrogen sulfide (H2S). The injured employee was hospitalized for H2S exposure.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2)
(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.
29 CFR 1910.132(h)(1)
(h) Payment for protective equipment. (1) Except as provided by paragraphs (h)(2) through (h)(6) of this section, the protective equipment, including personal protective equipment (PPE), used to comply with this part, shall be provided by the employer at no cost to employees.
29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii)
(iii) The employer shall identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; this evaluation shall include a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazard(s) and an identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form. Where the employer cannot identify or reasonably estimate the employee exposure, the employer shall consider the atmosphere to be IDLH.
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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.