BURTON, TX —
OSHA Inspection: STEWART PETROLEUM TESTERS, INC.
Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of STEWART PETROLEUM TESTERS, INC. in NIXON LAKE RD, BURTON, TX 77835 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 304391303.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- STEWART PETROLEUM TESTERS, INC.
- Site address
- NIXON LAKE RD
- City
- BURTON
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77835
- Mailing
- POB 826, BRENHAM, TX 77833
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Accident-driven (A)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- N
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 000000
- SIC code (legacy)
- 1389
- Employees
- 20
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2002
- Abate by
- Aug 13, 2002
- Penalty
- Initial $2,100 · Current $2,100
General-duty citation text
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to the hazard of a flash fire and/or explosion in that flammable gas can accumulate at the base of the flare if a flame source is not always present: (a) On or about 06-26-02 at 12:30am a production test operator was lighting a flare at a oil well site near Burton, Texas. He opened the well up and let the gas escape to a flare line. He then went up wind from the flare to light a rag to be thrown into the flare with his cigarette lighter. At that point he was engulfed in flames and burned over 90of his body. Among other feasible and useful abatement methods to correct this hazard, one method would be to always assume to presence of combustible hydrocarbons and have the flame source present before gas is released to eliminate to hazard of flash fires, ensuring all personnel are safely positioned away from flare when opening the well. Reference: Page III-6 Halliburton Energy Services Group Safety and Health Manual dated October 1, 1992.er
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2100.00
- — Z (S) $2100.00
1910.132 C
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2002
- Abate by
- Aug 13, 2002
- Penalty
- Initial $750 · Current $2,280
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2280.00
- — Z (S) $750.00
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 304391303.
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