A Texas oilfield services company is suing the Labor Department and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for allegedly withholding recordings and documents of worker interviews from an OSHA investigation of a workplace accident that occurred in Galveston, Texas.
Schlumberger Technology Corp., a Sugarland-based oilfield services firm, filed its complaint in the U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas on Wednesday. It wants the records for use in its defense of a workplace accident suit pending in a Galveston state court.
The company’s case comes shortly after the workplace safety regulator changed its policy on making employer citations immediately available ...