What happened in this inspection
Cal/OSHA opened an accident inspection of Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company at Elk Hills, Kern County (Kern County) on May 21, 2008. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 161 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 4 citations (0 serious) and proposed $23,560 in penalties; the current total is $5,900. The case closed on Dec 31, 2008. The employer has 1 other inspection on its California record.
Citations
Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.
Issued Oct 28, 2008. Proposed $5,000, current $5,000. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 31, 2008, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Oct 28, 2008. Proposed $375, current $300. Abatement due Nov 17, 2008, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Oct 28, 2008. Proposed $185, current $0. 4 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 31, 2008, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Oct 28, 2008. Proposed $18,000, current $600. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Nov 17, 2008, completed. Read the rule.
The accident
Keywords: wheel,fracture,wall,pinned,equipment operator,industrial truck,struck by,hip,ankle 1 hospitalized
Your rights
If you worked at this site, the inspection file is a public record once the case closes; request it from the Cal/OSHA district office with activity number 310201637. A worker who reported the hazard, the injury or the inspection and was then fired, demoted or cut has a retaliation claim under Labor Code 6310, one year to file with the Labor Commissioner and longer to sue. Injuries themselves go through workers' compensation. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, inspection 310201637, checked Nov 1, 2026. How to read a record. 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 A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change.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.