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Reliance Well Services: OSHA inspections and violations

Vansant, Virginia · Oil and Gas Extraction · NAICS 211112

1inspections
1citation items
$1,300current penalties
Aug 15, 2019last inspection

Reliance Well Services has one OSHA inspection on record in Virginia.

OSHA opened it on Aug 15, 2019 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Vansant.

From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $13,047 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $1,300, down 90%.

For context, across all mining and oil and gas employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,886. Reliance Well Services averages $1,300 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Reliance Well Services: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344256581 OPENED AUG 15, 2019Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Health · 51 employees at the site · Closed Jun 14, 2022

Unnamed Private Road, Vansant, VA 24656 · Oil and Gas Extraction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Aug 15, 2019 (fatal): Employee loses control of dump truck on hillside and is kill

At 8:30 a.m. on August 15, 2019, an employee was driving a dump truck loaded with frac sand over a private gravel road and was too close to the edge when it gave way. The employee's truck slid off the road and rolled down the hill. The employee sustained blunt force trauma to the head during the rollover and was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$13,047$1,300Feb 10, 2020Final

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(a)

(a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.

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