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Well Services Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

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

1inspections
4citation items
$9,800current penalties
Jun 10, 2021last inspection

OSHA has inspected Well Services Inc. once in Texas.

The inspection began on Jun 10, 2021 as a planned inspection, in Knott.

That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 2 serious, 1 repeat and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $9,800 and still stand at $9,800.

Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.134.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for mining and oil and gas employers since 2015 is $2,880, and Well Services Inc. averages $9,800 (1 cited inspection).

Well Services Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345357693 OPENED JUN 10, 2021Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Sep 19, 2022

Monte The Aztec 42-43 Well E5ls, Knott, TX 79748 · Drilling Oil and Gas Wells · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(a) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$4,681$4,681Aug 26, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(h)(3)(i)(b) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Aug 26, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i) · Fall protection in general industry
 Repeat$4,681$4,681Aug 26, 2021Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$438$438Aug 26, 2021Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(a)

(A) Facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interferes with valve function; or

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(3)(i)(b)

(h) Maintenance and care of respirators. This paragraph requires the employer to provide for the cleaning and disinfecting, storage, inspection, and repair of respirators used by employees.

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

Other drilling oil and gas wells employers in Texas

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