Nabors Well Services CO safety record at a glance
Nabors Well Services CO has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 5, 2005 and Jun 1, 2010. 5 of them were accident inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 5 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $58,500 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $25,000. The largest single penalty, $18,000, came from an inspection opened Jun 1, 2010 in Bakersfield. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #4,704 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction. Worksites in Bakersfield, Rig 1516 Area Energy Lost Hill, Ventura, McKittrick, Montebello, Mc Kittrick, Los Angeles.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2010 | Bakersfield | Accident | death 1 citation 1 serious | $22,500 | $18,000 | Sep 24, 2012 |
| Jan 6, 2009 | Rig 1516 Area Energy Lost Hill | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 18, 2009 |
| Nov 6, 2008 | Ventura | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 20, 2009 |
| Aug 20, 2008 | Bakersfield | Planned | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Nov 17, 2008 |
| Aug 19, 2008 | McKittrick | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 7, 2008 |
| Aug 19, 2008 | McKittrick | Planned | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Nov 17, 2008 |
| Jul 24, 2008 | Montebello | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 22, 2008 |
| Apr 9, 2008 | Mc Kittrick | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $5,000 | Nov 14, 2014 |
| Aug 5, 2005 | Los Angeles | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $2,000 | Jan 3, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Nabors Well Services CO.; Nabors Well Services; Nabors Well Services Company.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 6638: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,000
- 8 CCR 5002: 1 citation, $2,000
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Bakersfield employment lawyer.
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 Well Services CO
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.