Inspection Detail

Inspection: 126032044 - Caza Drilling (California) Co.

Inspection Information - Office: Van Nuys District Office

Inspection Nr: 126032044

Report ID: 0950643

Date Opened: 06/03/2002

Site Address:
Caza Drilling (California) Co.
7001 Charity Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93308

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1381

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/09/2002

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/16/2007

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362516171

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$18,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$18,000
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$1,125	$0	$1,125
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	3328 C	10/11/2002	10/16/2002	$1,125	$18,000	$0	10/24/2002	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201114352

Event: 04/18/2002

Employee Sustains Hand Injuries When Caught in Survey Wire

At approximately 4:50 p.m. on April 4, 2002, Employee #1 was working on a drill rig Number 515, located at well PDET-99-35, Section 35, T27S, R21E, in Kern County. The crew was restringing the tool on the wire-line survey machine. Employee #1 was putting the survey tool together and placed his hand through the wire loop. At the same time, another employee activated the machine, and the wire loop tightened around Employee #1's hand. He yelled and the machine was shut down. Employee #1 was transported to Memorial Hospital in Bakersfield, California and then to San Francisco, California for treatment of serious hand injuries.

Keywords: BURN, OIL WELL DRILLING, WELL, CAUGHT BY, DRILL COLLAR, LOAD LINE, HAND, OIL RIG

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126032044			Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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