Inspection Detail

Inspection: 309905206 - Ensign United States Drilling California Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Long Beach District Office

Inspection Nr: 309905206

Report ID: 0950635

Date Opened: 03/13/2007

Site Address:
Ensign United States Drilling California Inc.
Thums Island (Well #C520rdi
Long Beach, CA 90801

Mailing Address:
P O Box 17805, Denver, CO 80217

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1381

NAICS: 213111/Drilling Oil and Gas Wells

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/12/2007

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 11/05/2008

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362410623

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				2		2
Current Violations				2		2
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$5,935	$0	$5,935
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$5,935	$0	$5,935
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Other	342 A	04/16/2007	04/19/2007	$5,000	$5,000	$0	05/08/2007	W - Empr Withdrew
2.	01002	Other	23200002 A	04/16/2007	04/19/2007	$935	$935	$0	05/08/2007	W - Empr Withdrew

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201038874

Event: 11/25/2006

Employee Is Burned in Electrical Arc Flash Repairing Breaker

At approximately 5:55 p.m. on November 25, 2006, a top drive blower motor electrical breaker tripped, shutting down the top drive system. Employee #1, the electrician on duty, was called to trouble shoot the problem. He found a tripped breaker in the 600 volt panel within the silicon control rectifier house and re set it. The rig was restarted but the breaker tripped again within a few minutes. He decided to replace the malfunctioning breaker but did not deenergize and lock out the system. An electrical arc flash occurred, which caused flash burn injuries. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: ELECTRIC ARC, REPAIR, PPE, ELECTRICIAN, LOCKOUT, BURIED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309905206			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip.

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