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AES Drilling Fluids LLC
OSHA: 6 insp.Injuries: no recordLabor: 1 caseImmigration: 1 LCAContracts: not listed
AES Drilling Fluids LLC is an employer in Houston, Texas in Support activities for mining. Federal records hold 6 OSHA inspections, 1 concluded Wage and Hour Division case, 1 labor condition application and 1 PERM application.
OSHA opened 6 inspections at AES Drilling Fluids LLC sites in Texas since 2016, issuing 2 citations. Current penalties total $14,000 (initially $19,485), $2,333 per inspection, below the national figure of $3,754. No citation is recorded as contested.
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 1 compliance action involving AES Drilling Fluids LLC, recording $11,605 in back wages agreed to pay for 1 employee, under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
It filed 1 labor condition application with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 1 worker position. Wage figures are shown only where at least three applications state a wage, so none is given here. The most common prevailing wage level is Level II (100% of filings).
OFLC records 1 PERM labor certification application from the employer; the employer reported 241 employees on payroll.
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date. Enforcement data through 14 Sep 2026.
Inspections by year
Compared with industry, state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 213 | Texas | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $2,333 | $4,029 | $5,523 | $3,754 |
| Share of inspections with a contested citation | 0% | — | 4% | 8% |
| Share of inspections with final orders on every citation | 33% | — | 60% | 56% |
Inspections with no citations count as "issued" with zero citations. Industry and state figures cover every inspection in the enforcement data since 2016, including employers without a page.
Citations by standard
| Standard | Subject | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1910.132 | Personal protective equipment, general requirements | 1 |
| 1910.334 | Use of electrical equipment | 1 |
Standard numbers as the record labels them (29 CFR section; 5(a)(1) is the General Duty Clause). State-plan agencies such as Cal/OSHA cite their own codes, which appear here as recorded. Counted from the first twelve citations of each inspection.
Inspections
| Opened | Type | Scope | Citations | Current penalty | Status | Cited standards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Mar 2025 | Planned · Safety | Complete | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 15 Oct 2024 | Planned · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 9 Aug 2024 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 1 | $10,000 | Final order | 1910.132(d)(1)(i) |
| 6 Dec 2021 | Programmed related · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 22 Oct 2019 | Planned · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 21 Aug 2019 | Planned · Safety | Partial | 1 | $4,000 | Final order | 1910.334(a)(2)(i) |
Status is per inspection: "Contested" when any citation has a contest date and "Final order" when every citation has a final order date; "Issued" otherwise. Violation types: S serious, W willful, R repeat. Each date links to the inspection detail on osha.gov.
Injuries OSHA Injury Tracking Application, Form 300A
Establishments submit their own Form 300A summaries; OSHA publishes the data as submitted and does not verify it. Rates are per 100 full-time workers (cases × 200,000 ÷ hours worked). Calendar years 2023–2025.
No Form 300A summary for this employer in Texas is in the Injury Tracking Application data for 2023, 2024, 2025. Only establishments in covered industries with 20 or more employees (100 or more in some industries) must submit.
Labor Wage and Hour Division
The Wage and Hour Division publishes concluded compliance actions since fiscal year 2005; amounts are back wages the employer agreed to pay and civil money penalties assessed, as recorded at case conclusion. Data through 15 Jun 2026.
Back wages by year of case conclusion
Compared with state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 213 | Texas | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back wages per case | $12K | $48K | $12K | $13K |
| Employees per case | 1.0 | — | 12.9 | 13.1 |
| Back wages per employee found due | $12K | — | $941 | $993 |
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Fair Labor Standards Act | 1 | $11,605 |
Cases
| Findings period | Violations | Back wages agreed | Employees | Penalties | Acts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Feb 2011 – 20 Feb 2013 | 1 | $11,605 | 1 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
Every case in the WHD file is concluded; the file does not record whether back wages were subsequently paid. Case IDs: 1676845.
Immigration Office of Foreign Labor Certification
Employer-specific case information was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted foreign labor certification applications. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey. Wage levels I–IV are as the employer stated on the application. LCA data through 30 Jun 2026; PERM through 30 Jun 2026.
H-1B labor condition applications
Applications by fiscal year
Prevailing wage levels
Level I 0%Level II 100%Level III 0%Level IV 0%Not stated 0%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 17-2171 | Texas | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | — | $144,000 | $105,997 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | —–— | $110,000–$182,934 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 100% | 60% | 63% | 56% |
Wages annualised from the rate and unit on the application (hourly × 2,080). Medians use up to 400 sampled applications per employer. The occupation column is the employer's most common SOC code, Petroleum Engineers, across all employers.
Top job titles
| Job title | Filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant Engineering Manager | 1 | — |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Petroleum Engineers | 1 | $144,000 |
Worksite states
Texas 1
Visa classes: H-1B 1. Applications are attributed to the employer's state on the form (Texas); worksites may be elsewhere.
PERM labor certification (green card sponsorship)
Top PERM job titles
| Job title | Applications |
|---|---|
| Technical Drilling Fluids Engineer | 1 |
PERM occupations
| Occupation | Applications |
|---|---|
| Petroleum Engineers | 1 |
Contracts USAspending.gov
USAspending recipient totals are federal contract obligations reported by awarding agencies for the latest twelve months; a recipient profile is a company-level record, not a per-state one. Retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Not among the top 3,903 federal contract recipients loaded from USAspending for the latest twelve months. Smaller awards can be searched on USAspending.gov.
Questions and answers
Has OSHA inspected AES Drilling Fluids LLC?
Yes. OSHA records 6 inspections at AES Drilling Fluids LLC sites in Texas since 2016, most recently opened 25 Mar 2025.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
2 citations with current penalties totalling $14,000. 2 inspections have a final order on every citation, 0 have a contested citation and 4 are recorded as issued. Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date.
Did the Labor Department find back wages due from AES Drilling Fluids LLC?
The Wage and Hour Division's concluded cases record $11,605 in back wages agreed to pay across 1 case, for 1 employee.
Does AES Drilling Fluids LLC sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 1 labor condition application in fiscal years 2025–2026; 1 were certified. Too few applications state a wage for a median to be shown; the most common job title is Assistant Engineering Manager.
Does AES Drilling Fluids LLC sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 1 PERM application in fiscal years 2024–2026, 1 of them certified.
Does AES Drilling Fluids LLC hold federal contracts?
It is not among the top federal contract recipients loaded from USAspending; smaller awards are not covered on this site.
Have there been union elections at AES Drilling Fluids LLC?
NLRB election results are not loaded on this site at present, so this page cannot say either way. The NLRB publishes recent election results and a case search on nlrb.gov.
Is this the same company as the one I am looking for?
Records are matched by normalised name and state. Subsidiaries, franchisees and other states' entities have their own records. See the methodology for how matching works.
Provenance
OSHA inspections and violations: US Department of Labor enforcement data, data.dol.gov, through 14 Sep 2026, inspections opened since 2016. Injury summaries: OSHA Injury Tracking Application Form 300A data, calendar years 2023, 2024, 2025. Wage and Hour compliance actions: data.dol.gov, concluded cases through 15 Jun 2026. LCA and PERM: OFLC disclosure files, fiscal years 2025–2026 through 30 Jun 2026. Federal contracts: USAspending recipient API, latest twelve months at 1 Oct 2026. NLRB election results are not loaded in this build. US government works, public domain; USAspending data is released under CC0. Page built 1 Oct 2026; errors in processing are corrected at the next build (corrections). Disputes about a record go to the agency that holds it.