Nabors Drilling USA Inc. safety record at a glance
Nabors Drilling USA Inc. has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 10, 2000 and Sep 8, 2011. 7 of them were accident inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 11 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $70,540 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $33,230. The largest single penalty, $19,495, came from an inspection opened Aug 14, 2000 in Tupman. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #2,986 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction; Manufacturing. Worksites in Middletown, Shafter, Tupman, Geyserville, Bakersfield, Huntington Beach, Taft.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2011 | Middletown | Accident | 1 citation | $4,050 | $4,050 | Apr 12, 2013 |
| Mar 11, 2011 | Shafter | Accident | 2 citations | $5,750 | $750 | Apr 8, 2013 |
| Mar 30, 2007 | Tupman | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 24, 2007 |
| Oct 6, 2006 | Tupman | Accident | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 9, 2007 |
| Jul 20, 2003 | Geyserville | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 14, 2004 |
| Feb 5, 2003 | Tupman | Accident | death 1 citation | $18,000 | $3,000 | Jul 21, 2008 |
| Oct 25, 2001 | Bakersfield | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $18,000 | $5,000 | Nov 7, 2006 |
| Aug 14, 2000 | Tupman | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $23,805 | $19,495 | Nov 13, 2002 |
| May 23, 2000 | Huntington Beach | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Jan 16, 2003 |
| May 10, 2000 | Taft | Accident | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Apr 15, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Nabors Drilling USA, L.P.; Nabors Drilling; Nabors Drilling USA; Nabors Drilling USA LP; Nabors Drilling USA Inc; Nabors Drilling USA, LP; Nabors Drilling, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5042: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,560
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, $5,560
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $375
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $4,050
- 8 CCR 4999: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 5043: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 5044: 1 citation, $185
Accidents investigated
How to read this record
Each row is one inspection by Cal/OSHA (or, rarely, federal OSHA) of one worksite. Why is the reason it was opened. Proposed is the penalty the inspector assessed; penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement. "Serious" means a realistic possibility of death or serious harm; "willful" and "repeat" carry penalties up to $162,851 each.
Citations document that the employer was told, in writing, what the rule required and when. That knowledge is often the center of a retaliation case: a worker who complained about the hazard an inspector later cited, and was then fired or cut, has a Labor Code 6310 claim, with lost wages and attorney's fees.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Nabors Drilling USA Inc.
Write down what you reported, to whom and when, and what changed afterward: shifts, pay, duties, write-ups. Request the inspection file from the Cal/OSHA district office using the activity number on the inspection page. An injury goes through workers' compensation; a firing, demotion or threat after a safety complaint or injury report is an employment claim with a one-year deadline at the Labor Commissioner (Labor Code 6310) and a longer one in court. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088 or send what you have.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. Record last checked Nov 1, 2026. Back to the safety tracker.
About this data: Records come from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement datasets (inspection, violation, accident and accident injury tables), which carry Cal/OSHA's state-plan inspections alongside federal ones. We load every inspection of a California worksite opened since January 1, 2000 and refresh it weekly. Employer names, addresses and industry codes are as the inspecting office recorded them; similar names are grouped where they clearly refer to the same employer. A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change. Penalties shown as "current" reflect the latest status in the federal file. This page is public information about the employer's regulatory record, not legal advice and not a statement that any person was harmed or any law broken beyond what the record states.