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HELMERICH & PAYNE INTERNATIONAL DRILLING CO.

615 DRILLING RIG - WYATT EARP B 333H, PECOS, TX, 79772
Operated by Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co · 1 of 64 establishments
213111Drilling Oil and Gas Wells
EIN 730765153

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OSHA inspections
15
over 12 years
Violations
24
$83,449 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 17 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

HELMERICH & PAYNE INTERNATIONAL DRILLING CO. has accumulated 24 OSHA violations across 15 inspections over 12 years of recorded history, with $83,449 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 2,990 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

HELMERICH & PAYNE INTERNATIONAL DRILLING CO. appears in OSHA workplace safety and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
15
1.3 / yr · last 12 yrs
Violations
24
2.0 / yr
Penalties
$83,449
$3,477 avg / violation
29% serious71% other
Inspection trigger · planned
12 of 15
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 15

80% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 20 distinct standards shown · 22 citations in this view · $83,449 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0303 B07 IV22$1,500Mar 2018May 2023
29 CFR 1910.0141 A03 I22$400Mar 2014May 2023
29 CFR 1910.0178 L03 I M11$14,518Oct 2024Oct 2024
5A000111$14,518Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.0178 N0411$14,518Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.0030 C0111$12,934Apr 2018Apr 2018
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0311$3,000May 2023May 2023
29 CFR 1910.0184 C0111$3,000May 2015May 2015
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0111$3,000Sep 2014Sep 2014
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$3,000Jul 2014Jul 2014
29 CFR 1910.0134 H01 I11$2,500May 2023May 2023
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$2,000Mar 2018Mar 2018
29 CFR 1910.0305 A02 XI11$2,000Jul 2014Jul 2014
29 CFR 1910.0303 B08 I11$1,400May 2015May 2015
29 CFR 1904.0040 A11$1,000Sep 2018Sep 2018
29 CFR 1910.0134 H03 III11$1,000Sep 2018Sep 2018
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0211$1,000Mar 2018Mar 2018
29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 III11$920Mar 2020Mar 2020
29 CFR 1910.0305 B02 I11$699Aug 2024Aug 2024
29 CFR 1910.0305 B01 II11$542Aug 2019Aug 2019

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 2131 within TX. Peer group: 2,990 employers. This establishment has 24 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $960
Inspection frequency
100th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
1.3
vs industry
+0.3
TRIR
1.9
vs industry
+0.6

Reported for 2,112 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
1.3
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.0
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
1.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
12
Referral
1

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · May 2018 – Oct 2024 · 2 in last 5 years

Reports
3
Hospitalizations
2
Amputations
2
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Oct 18, 2024Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object unspecifiedLeg(s) unspecifiedHospitalized
Jul 15, 2022Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedAmputation
May 13, 2018Struck by swinging part of powered vehicleFingertip(s)Amputation

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Jan 4, 2018Derrick Platform,Head,Struck By11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
1 year ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for HELMERICH & PAYNE INTERNATIONAL DRILLING CO.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for HELMERICH & PAYNE INTERNATIONAL DRILLING CO.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for HELMERICH & PAYNE INTERNATIONAL DRILLING CO.. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for HELMERICH & PAYNE INTERNATIONAL DRILLING CO.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for HELMERICH & PAYNE INTERNATIONAL DRILLING CO.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$6.4M
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
False Statements

First case: 2013-11-08. Most recent: 2013-11-08. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal prosecution case file

Federal corporate prosecution records from the University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry. DPA = Deferred Prosecution Agreement; NPA = Non-Prosecution Agreement; both are pre-trial settlements where the defendant accepts terms but avoids conviction. Monitor = court-appointed compliance oversight, usually 2-5 years. 1 case · 1 plea/conviction · $6,400,000 in penalties / restitution.

CaseDateDispositionCrimeJurisdictionTotal paymentMonitor
USA v. Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.
Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.
Nov 2013pleaFalse StatementsLouisiana - Eastern$6,400,000No

Source: University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry (maintained by Prof. Brandon L. Garrett, Duke University). The registry has no state or jurisdiction-of-incorporation field on the company side, so same-name employers in different states may mis-attribute -- verify against the source case documents when precision matters.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2024-08-09Unprogrammed Related33$43,554
2024-07-30Planned1$699
2023-04-06Planned4$6,000
2019-10-21Planned2$920
2019-02-28Planned1$542
2018-04-18Planned2$2,000
2018-01-05Referral1$12,934
2017-11-14Planned3$4,000
2016-10-18Planned0$0
2015-12-09Planned0$0
2015-03-02Planned22$4,400
2014-07-28Planned21$3,000
2014-02-26Planned1$400
2014-02-26Unprogrammed Other0$0
2014-02-25Planned21$5,000

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

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Part of a larger organization

HELMERICH & PAYNE INTERNATIONAL DRILLING CO. is one of 64 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co across all 64 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on HELMERICH & PAYNE INTERNATIONAL DRILLING CO. from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co, which operates 64 establishments in our dataset.

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Frequently asked

What is HELMERICH & PAYNE INTERNATIONAL DRILLING CO.'s OSHA violation history?
HELMERICH & PAYNE INTERNATIONAL DRILLING CO. has 15 OSHA inspections on record with 24 violations and $83,449.4 in total penalties.
How does HELMERICH & PAYNE INTERNATIONAL DRILLING CO.'s safety record compare to its industry?
HELMERICH & PAYNE INTERNATIONAL DRILLING CO. operates in the drilling oil and gas wells industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.3. HELMERICH & PAYNE INTERNATIONAL DRILLING CO.'s self-reported DART rate is 1.3 compared to an industry average of 1.