Midland, Texas · Other Warehousing and Storage · NAICS 493190
2inspections
1citation items
$7,760current penalties
Jul 17, 2023last inspection
Sooner Pipe has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Texas, the first in 2018.
OSHA's last visit started on Jul 17, 2023 on a referral, in Midland.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.
OSHA proposed $12,934 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $7,760, down 40%.
For context, across all transportation and warehousing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,555. Sooner Pipe averages $7,760 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
2 inspections on this page followed a fatal incident.
Sooner Pipe 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 Jul 17, 2023 (fatal): Employee dies of complications due to diabetes
At 9:00 a.m. on July 17, 2023, an employee was sitting in vehicle when last seen. The employee was found naked, laying in the backseat of a work truck. The employee died of an electrolyte imbalance caused by renal failure due to diabetes. The cause of death was not job-related.
Incident on Jul 14, 2023 (fatal): Employee dies of natural causes and non-work related
At 11:00 a.m. on July 14, 2023, an employee was sitting in a vehicle. The employee was found naked, laying in the back seat of a work truck. The employee died of an electrolyte imbalance, caused by renal failure due to diabetes mellitus. The cause of death was not job-related.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 343080412 OPENED APR 11, 2018Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 111 employees at the site · Closed Jan 21, 2020
Incident on Apr 3, 2018: Employee is struck by rolling pipe and fractures leg
At 6:00 p.m. on April 3, 2018, an employee was stopping a rolling pipe when it rolled over his right foot, fracturing his right leg. The employee was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2020, the Midland site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 65 workers: 2.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 24 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Sooner Pipe LLC
Midland · 2020
65
2
2
2.8
2.6
Midland site
Midland · 2018
93
7
2
4.8
2.6
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.
An employee was kicking pipe that was being loaded on a pipe rack when a joint of pipe began rolling toward him and another worker. He attempted to stop it, but the pipe rolled over his foot, resulting in an open fracture of the tibia and fibula.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.
Other other warehousing and storage employers in Texas
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.
