CARLSON WELL SERVICE
KLINE 5300-11-18H, ALEXANDER, ND 58831 · NAICS 213112 Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations
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Inspection records
Sep 15, 2011#331069617Sep 15, 2011FatalityFatality/Catastrophe (M) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#331069617$63,0003 viol.3 violations$63,000 in penalties
Inspection #331069617
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 15, 2011
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 15, 2011
- Contested
- Mar 29, 2012
- Final Order
- Oct 10, 2012
- Closed
- Jan 24, 2014
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 15
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 2 serious, 1 willful
- Initial Penalties
- $84,000
- Penalties on Record
- $63,000
- Site Address
- Kline 5300-11-18h, Alexander, ND 58831
- Industry
- 213112 Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations
Fatality/Catastrophe Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a fatality/catastrophe inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Two employees are killed in oil well explosion
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) | Serious | 1 | 4 | $7,000 | $5,250 | Mar 26, 2012 | Mar 29, 2012 | Oct 10, 2012 |
| 01002 | 1910.132 Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100132 A | Serious | 1 | 4 | $7,000 | $5,250 | Mar 26, 2012 | Mar 29, 2012 | Oct 10, 2012 |
| 02001 | 5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) | Willful | 1 | 1 | $70,000 | $52,500 | Mar 26, 2012 | Mar 29, 2012 | Oct 10, 2012 |
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About these records
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
Support Activities for Mining, 8,898 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.
BLS 2024 survey: support activities for oil and gas operations reported 0.8 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 14.2%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source