OSHA Inspection: LIBERTY OILFIELD SERVICES LLC

Issued

2017-06-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12675.00 · Current $6400.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0560C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of Carbon Monoxide listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8-hour Time-Weighted Average concentration of 50 parts per million particles of air (50 ppm) for any 8-hour work shift of a 40-hour work week and attenuated accordingly for extended work shifts in extended work weeks:    (a) On or about January 12, 2017, for an employee exposed to carbon monoxide levels at mean calculated 682.8 ppm for approximately 240 minutes. , 8-hour Time-Weighted Average of 341.4 ppm while repairing slide hammers in the equipment trailer on the Continental Holstein 5 Well Pad approximately 5 miles north of Highway 23 near New Town, North Dakota.

Issued

2017-06-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0560C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000 (a) through (d):  (a) On or about January 12, 2017, for an employee exposed to carbon monoxide levels at mean calculated 682.8 ppm for approximately 240 minutes., 8-hour Time-Weighted Average of 341.4 ppm in excess of the OSHA's Permissible Exposure Limit of 50 ppm while repairing slide the use of an approximately 260.6 lb. Honda EU6500is generator inside of an enclosed equipment trailer on the Continental Holstein 5 Well Pad approximately 5 miles north of Highway 23 near New Town, North Dakota.