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Valor Drilling Co: OSHA inspections and violations

Lamesa, Texas · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · NAICS 213112

2inspections
1citation items
$2,903current penalties
Dec 11, 2024last inspection

Since 2024, OSHA inspectors have visited Valor Drilling Co in Texas 2 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Dec 11, 2024 to follow up on an earlier case, in Odessa.

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

The proposed penalties came to $4,839; today they stand at $2,903, 40% less.

Among mining and oil and gas employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $2,886 penalty. Valor Drilling Co averages $2,903 across 1 cited inspection.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Valor Drilling Co: OSHA citation items per year, 2024 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347935835 OPENED DEC 11, 2024Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 19 employees at the site · Closed Feb 20, 2025

12007 West County Road 100, Odessa, TX 79765 · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 347266009 OPENED JAN 22, 2024Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 19 employees at the site · Closed Aug 5, 2024

12 Miles North Past Intersection Of 349 And 176, Lamesa, TX 79331 · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i)(c) · Fall protection in general industry
Serious$4,839$2,903Jul 15, 2024Final

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.

Jan 13, 2024, Lamesa: Hospitalization · fractures · upper and lower extremities n.e.c.

An employee was moving a mudboat to a new drilling location. He lost his footing and fell back into a pre-existing cellar that was approximately 8 feet deep. He was hospitalized with fractures to his hip and left arm.

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)(c)

(C) Personal fall protection systems, such as personal fall arrest, travel restraint, or positioning systems.

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