PRUDHOE BAY, AK ·
OSHA Inspection: POOL ARCTIC ALASKA
Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of POOL ARCTIC ALASKA in ENDICOTT ISLAND SATELLITE, PRUDHOE BAY, AK 99734 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 100000843.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- POOL ARCTIC ALASKA
- Site address
- ENDICOTT ISLAND SATELLITE
- City
- PRUDHOE BAY
- State
- AK
- ZIP
- 99734
- Mailing
- 550 W. 7TH AVE., SUITE 1000, ANCHORAGE, AK 99501
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Accident-driven (A)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- Yes
- Union status
- N
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 000000
- SIC code (legacy)
- 1382
- Employees
- 27
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Jul 30, 1986
- Abate by
- Aug 2, 1986
- Penalty
- Initial $810 · Current $270 Reduced
General-duty citation text
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to: potential serious or fatal injuries by being crushed between the casing being raised by the Mereco hydraulic laydown machine and the elevators or the casing just lowered in the hole. A feasible and useful method to correct the hazard is to install an emergency shutdown switch on the rig floor to enable the spotter to shut the machine down and prevent the casing from hitting the employees: a) Rig #7, Endicott Sattelite Island: The employer did not provide an emergency shutdown switch on the rig floor exposing employees to crushing injuries on June 27, 1986.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $270.00
- · Z (S) $810.00
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 100000843.
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