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Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
OSHA: 14 insp.Injuries: 3 yrLabor: 4 casesImmigration: 69 LCAContracts: not listed
The federal record for Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, Texas, consists of 14 OSHA inspections, 4 concluded Wage and Hour Division cases, 69 labor condition applications, 31 PERM applications and 3 years of injury summaries; the employer is classified under Support Activities for Mining.
OSHA opened 14 inspections at Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. sites in Texas since 2016, issuing 4 citations, 1 of them classified serious, willful or repeat. Current penalties total $7,000 (initially $13,711), $500 per inspection, below the national figure of $3,759. 1 inspection has at least one contested citation.
On its 2025 Form 300A summary the employer reported 2,150 employees and 13 recordable cases, a total recordable case rate of 0.6 per 100 full-time workers, about the same as the pooled rate for its industry (0.7; median establishment 0.0).
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 4 compliance actions involving Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., recording $18,463,609 in back wages agreed to pay for 1,029 employees, under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
It filed 69 labor condition applications with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 69 worker positions. The median offered wage is $131,601 a year against a median prevailing wage of $112,819, in line with the median across all employers for its most common occupation ($108,000). The most common prevailing wage level is Level IV (45% of filings).
OFLC records 31 PERM labor certification applications from the employer with a median offered wage of $129,480; the employer reported 2,608 employees on payroll.
Is this the same company? The sources spell the name differently and were matched by normalised name and state: OSHA: Halliburton; WHD: Halliburton; ITA: Halliburton; OFLC LCA: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.; OFLC PERM: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.. Subsidiaries, franchisees and entities in other states have separate records. Matching methodology.
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date. Enforcement data through 23 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 | $500 | $4,053 | $5,525 | $3,759 |
| Share of inspections with a contested citation | 7% | — | 4% | 8% |
| Share of inspections with final orders on every citation | 14% | — | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1910.305 | Electrical, wiring methods, components and equipment | 3 |
| 1910.132 | Personal protective equipment, general requirements | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Mar 2025 | Planned · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Planned · Safety | Complete | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Planned · Safety | Complete | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Planned · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 27 Mar 2024 | Planned · Safety | Complete | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 29 Nov 2023 | Planned · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 31 Oct 2023 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 22 Aug 2023 | Planned · Safety | Complete | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 4 Apr 2023 | Planned · Health | Complete | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 21 Jun 2022 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 6 Apr 2021 | Planned · Safety | Complete | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 30 Jun 2017 | Fatality/catastrophe · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 3 May 2016 | Planned · Safety | Complete | 1 | $3,000 | Final order | 1910.305(a)(2)(x) |
| 3 May 2016 | Planned · Safety | Complete | 3 (1 S/W/R) | $4,000 | Contested, final order | 1910.132(a) (Serious), 1910.305(b)(2)(i), 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(c) |
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.
Injury rate vs industry
Total recordable case rate for 2025. The industry median is the median rate across establishments with at least 20,000 hours in NAICS 213 (quartiles 0.0–1.2); "overall" rates pool all hours and cases.
By year
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Hours | Deaths | Days away | Restricted/transfer | Other | TRC rate | DART rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | 4,309 | 11,572,492 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,354 | 5,252,177 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,150 | 4,655,085 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
Figures sum every establishment filed under this employer name in Texas. Rates are blank where fewer than 2,000 hours were reported.
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 | $4.6M | $48K | $12K | $13K |
| Employees per case | 257.3 | — | 12.9 | 13.1 |
| Back wages per employee found due | $18K | — | $941 | $993 |
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Fair Labor Standards Act | 1031 | $18,463,609 |
Cases
| Findings period | Violations | Back wages agreed | Employees | Penalties | Acts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jul 2021 – 18 Jul 2023 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 12 Oct 2018 – 11 Oct 2020 | 1 | $1,024 | 1 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
| 4 Jul 2013 – 4 Jul 2015 | 17 | $299,002 | 16 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
| 5 May 2013 – 3 May 2015 | 1013 | $18,163,583 | 1012 | — | 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: 1980655, 1921261, 1775501, 1724773.
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 4%Level II 22%Level III 25%Level IV 45%Not stated 4%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 17-2112 | Texas | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $131,601 | $108,000 | $105,997 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | $113,955–$155,000 | $90,870–$133,300 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 26% | 57% | 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, Validation Engineers, across all employers.
Top job titles
| Job title | Filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| R&D Mechanical Engineer, Principal | 3 | $122,956 |
| Technical Professional - Manufacturing | 3 | $96,634 |
| Technical Instructor, Lead | 2 | — |
| Technical Instructor, Principal | 2 | — |
| Account Representative, Business Development, Senior | 2 | — |
| Technical Professional - Manufacturing, Senior | 2 | — |
| Category Manager | 2 | — |
| Senior Auditor | 2 | — |
| Technical Professional - Completions, Principal | 2 | — |
| R&D Mechanical Engineer | 1 | — |
| R&D Electrical Engineer, Sr | 1 | — |
| IT Applications Analyst/Developer, Lead | 1 | — |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Validation Engineers | 12 | $108,000 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 9 | $107,146 |
| Electrical Engineers | 8 | $121,459 |
| Software Developers | 5 | $138,494 |
| Accountants and Auditors | 4 | $94,973 |
| Training and Development Specialists | 3 | $70,943 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 3 | $114,808 |
| Petroleum Engineers | 3 | $144,000 |
Worksite states
Texas 62 · Louisiana 3 · Oklahoma 2 · Colorado 2
Visa classes: H-1B 65, E-3 Australian 4. 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 |
|---|---|
| R&D Mechanical Engineer | 2 |
| Field Professional, General – L&P Seismic | 1 |
| Senior Well Engineer | 1 |
| Technical Instructor, Prin. | 1 |
| Maintenance Professional, L&P | 1 |
| IT Tech Software Dev, Sr | 1 |
| Tech Advisor-Mechanical | 1 |
| Senior Product Champion | 1 |
| General Field Prof-DD | 1 |
| Technical Instructor, Ld | 1 |
PERM occupations
| Occupation | Applications |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineers | 4 |
| Sales Engineers | 4 |
| Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers | 3 |
| Software Developers | 3 |
| Training and Development Specialists | 2 |
| Electrical Engineers | 2 |
| Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians | 1 |
| Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas | 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 30 Sep 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 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.?
Yes. OSHA records 14 inspections at Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. sites in Texas since 2016, most recently opened 27 Mar 2025.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
4 citations with current penalties totalling $7,000. 2 inspections have a final order on every citation, 1 has a contested citation and 12 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 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.?
The Wage and Hour Division's concluded cases record $18,463,609 in back wages agreed to pay across 4 cases, for 1,029 employees.
Does Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 69 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026; 66 were certified. The median offered wage is $131,601 a year; the most common job title is R&D Mechanical Engineer, Principal.
Does Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 31 PERM applications in fiscal years 2024–2026, 29 of them certified.
Does Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. 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 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.?
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; the sources spell the name differently (OSHA: Halliburton; WHD: Halliburton; ITA: Halliburton; OFLC LCA: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.; OFLC PERM: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.). 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 23 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 30 Sep 2026. NLRB election results are not loaded in this build. US government works, public domain; USAspending data is released under CC0. Page built 30 Sep 2026; errors in processing are corrected at the next build (corrections). Disputes about a record go to the agency that holds it.