ALJ Decision in Brigade Energy Services LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 22-0548, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.

In the oil and gas industry, Respondent is a company1 that performs maintenance and repair services on existing oil wells, including "plug and abandonment" ("P&A") jobs. (Ex. C-5 at 1.) A P&A is a type of service performed on a no longer functioning oil well to safely cut, cap and seal it. (Tr. 91-92.) Essentially, it concerns the closing and the sealing of a well so that the land can be reclaimed. (Tr. 197). As relevant to the matter here, a P&A requires a workover crew to prepare the well and to provide derrick hauling support, a wireline crew to perforate the well using explosives, and a cement crew to seal the destroyed well.