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RFC Drilling, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Odessa, Texas · Drilling Oil and Gas Wells · NAICS 213111

1inspections
1citation items
$10,151current penalties
May 17, 2022last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited RFC Drilling, LLC in Texas one time.

It opened on May 17, 2022 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Odessa.

In all, OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.

The penalties, $10,151 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

Among mining and oil and gas employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $2,886 penalty. RFC Drilling, LLC averages $10,151 across 1 cited inspection.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

RFC Drilling, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345964985 OPENED MAY 17, 2022Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 11 employees at the site · Closed Dec 7, 2022

6001 West Murphy Street, Odessa, TX 79763 · Drilling Oil and Gas Wells · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 17, 2022 (fatal): Employee is killed in fall from beam

At 8:00 a.m. on May 17, 2022, an employee was breaking down a drilling rig for transportation. The employee was assisting with removing pins in the center steel beams of the rig platform to be hoisted by crane. The employees were using an aerial lift to access the rig deck and the employer had personal fall protection at the site and guardrails around the outside of the rig deck. Sections of the decking had been removed to facilitate access to the center steel beams. The employee slipped and fell off the center steel beam. The employee fell through the inside opening where the decking had been removed to the ground 30 feet below. The employee was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i) · Fall protection in general industry
 Serious$10,151$10,151Sep 7, 2022Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i)

(b) Protection from fall hazards—(1) Unprotected sides and edges. (i) Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the employer must ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the following:

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