Oil Well Service Company safety record at a glance
Oil Well Service Company has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 22, 2002 and Oct 25, 2019. 9 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 17 in all: 9 serious. Inspectors proposed $173,675 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $86,640. The largest single penalty, $37,685, came from an inspection opened Jul 17, 2015 in Bakersfield. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #585 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction. Worksites in Bakersfield, Signal Hill, Terminal Island, Tupman, Maricopa.
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Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2019 | Bakersfield | Accident | 1 citation | $795 $955 proposed | Oct 1, 2020 |
| Jul 17, 2015 | Bakersfield | Fatality or catastrophe | death 4 citations 3 serious | $37,685 $46,685 proposed | Jul 15, 2021 |
| May 6, 2015 | Bakersfield | Accident | 5 citations 2 serious | $13,160 $34,200 proposed | Dec 28, 2016 |
| Apr 2, 2009 | Bakersfield | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $6,750 $18,000 proposed | May 4, 2011 |
| Mar 23, 2009 | Signal Hill | Accident | 1 citation | $560 $18,000 proposed | Oct 5, 2009 |
| Dec 8, 2008 | Terminal Island | Accident | 1 citation | $280 $375 proposed | May 4, 2010 |
| May 24, 2007 | Tupman | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $3,600 $14,400 proposed | Jan 13, 2009 |
| Dec 31, 2004 | Maricopa | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | Dec 31, 2007 |
| Feb 25, 2003 | Maricopa | Accident | 1 citation | $750 $18,000 proposed | Jul 6, 2005 |
| Oct 22, 2002 | Maricopa | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $5,060 | Aug 18, 2004 |
Also recorded as: Oil Well Service CO.; Oil Well Service, Inc; Oil Well Service CO.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 4 citations, 2 serious, $13,160
- 8 CCR 6632: 2 citations, 2 serious, $31,500
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, 1 serious, $7,875
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $840
- 8 CCR 6586: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 6521: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,060
- 8 CCR 6631: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,060
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,600
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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 Oil Well Service Company
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 4, 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.