Cleere Drilling Company South Rig #18 | Occupational Safety and Health Administration osha.gov

Violation Detail

Standard Cited: 5A0001 OSH Act General Duty Paragraph

Inspection Nr: 303683593

Citation: 01002

Citation Type: Serious

Abatement Status: X

Initial Penalty: $2,500.00

Current Penalty: $1,500.00

Issuance Date: 06/06/2001

Nr Instances: 2

Nr Exposed: 14

Abatement Date: 06/13/2001

Gravity: 10

Report ID: 0626000

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**Penalty and Failure to Abate Event History**
Type	Latest Event	Event Date	Penalty	Abatement Due Date	Citation Type	Failure to Abate Inspection
Penalty	I: Informal Settlement	06/27/2001	$1,500.00	06/13/2001	Serious
Penalty	Z: Issued	06/06/2001	$2,500.00	06/13/2001	Serious

Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002 Hazard: CRUSHING

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 a collapsed mast (derrick) hazard: The hazard of collapsed mast (derrick) of a drilling rig resulting from failure to install wire rope guylines with correctly installed Crosby clips on all four sides of the rig as recommended by the manufacturer's specifications for the safe guying of the mast to ensure adequate anchorage in the following: a.Two guylines incorrectly installed Crosby clips. b.Geronimo emergency escape line incorrectly installed Crosby clips. This occurred on April 5, 2001 on Cleere Drilling Company Rig # 18. Among other abatement, one feasible and acceptable abatements method to correct this hazard would be installation of a properly secured guylines as specified in the American Petroleum Institute second edition, paragraph 3.14 of spec 4e and American Petroleum Institute Standard 4d sixth edition paragraph 3.4 and 4f, appendix C16,first edition May 01, 1985. Essential elements of this procedures would include: 1.Hand screwed in auger anchors into soil to the manufacturer's recommended specifications. 2.Wire rope guylines properly secured to the raised portion of the auger anchor. 3.Also correctly install and properly secure the Crosby clips to the ends of the wire rope guylines.

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