TX Drilling Company Fined $100K for Electrocution

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued citations and proposed penalties totaling $100,500 against Big Dog Drilling of Midland, Texas, following investigation of a worker's electrocution at a drilling location. Big Dog Drilling, a subsidiary of Acme Energy Services Inc., employs about 300 workers in the Midland area and specializes in oilfield drilling. OSHA began its investigation Sept. 2, 2004, in response to a fatal accident in which an employee was exposed to damaged energized cables. The agency has cited the company with one willful and five serious violatio...