PATTERSON-UTI DRILLING CO.
FM 730 & COUNTY RD 4181, DECATUR, TX 76234 · NAICS 213111 Drilling Oil and Gas Wells
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Inspection records
Sep 25, 2002#123398992Sep 25, 2002FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#123398992$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #123398992
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 25, 2002
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 25, 2002
- Closed
- Nov 25, 2002
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Yes
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 16
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Fm 730 & County Rd 4181, Decatur, TX 76234
- Industry
- 213111 Drilling Oil and Gas Wells
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
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.
Employee is killed when struck by oil rig tong
Aug 2, 2001#304267172Aug 2, 2001Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#304267172$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #304267172
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 2, 2001
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 2, 2001
- Closed
- Aug 3, 2001
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 20
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- End Of Bennett Street 688'and 881'fsl Wise County, Decatur, TX 76234
- Industry
- 213111 Drilling Oil and Gas Wells
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
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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.
2 inspections, 2001 to 2002. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.
Industry comparison
Support Activities for Mining, 8,898 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.
BLS 2024 survey: drilling oil and gas wells reported 1.3 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 12.1%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source