The inspection began on Nov 4, 2019 on a referral, in Sulphur.
That inspection ended with 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $13,494 and still stand at $13,494.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $2,408, and Phillips 66 averages $13,494 (1 cited inspection).
Phillips 66 also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Oct 31, 2019: Employee sustains electrical burns while testing electrical
At 6:00 a.m. on October 31, 2019, an employee was checking an electrical panel, ensuring that it had been deenergized. The employee used a tool to test the bus bar that was not rated for a high voltage, creating an electric arc flash. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of electrical burns of the face and hands.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Sulphur site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 18 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Gulf Coast Lubricants
Sulphur · 2025
18
0
0
0.0
0.6
Clifton Ridge Marine terminal
Sulphur · 2019
22
1
1
4.4
0.0
Phillips 66 - Gulf Coast Lubricants Plant
Sulphur · 2017
21
0
0
0.0
0.6
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.
Oct 31, 2019, Sulphur: Hospitalization · electrical burns, unspecified · multiple body parts, n.e.c.
An employee was injured by an arc flash while working on a live electrical panel. The employee received burns to the face and hands.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(1) Safety signs and tags. Safety signs, safety symbols, or accident prevention tags shall be used where necessary to warn employees about electrical hazards which may endanger them, as required by § 1910.145.
Other pipeline transportation of crude oil employers in Louisiana
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.
