OSHA Inspection: SOUTHWEST MARINE, INC.

Issued

Feb 13, 1997

Abate by

Feb 20, 1997

Penalty

Initial $70,000 · Current $70,000

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:
a)Employees on the USS Benfold were exposed to the hazard of being struck
by falling
loads and crane equipment when the crane made lifts which were outside the
parameters
of the manufacture's boom angle and load capacity chart.  The crane
operator had lifted
loads consisting of 12' by 12' wooden cribbing blocks at a boom angle
approximately 6
to 8 degrees from the horizontal, to trim the brow which was located
between the USS
Benfold and the living barge that was moored at per 3 in San Diego.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is
to follow the manufacturers boom angle and load capacity charts.y