NEW BEDFORD, MA —
OSHA Inspection: SHIPSVIEW CORPORATION
Accident-driven inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an accident-driven health inspection of SHIPSVIEW CORPORATION in ROUTE I-195 & ROUTE 18, NEW BEDFORD, MA 02745 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 107539926.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- SHIPSVIEW CORPORATION
- Site address
- ROUTE I-195 & ROUTE 18
- City
- NEW BEDFORD
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 02745
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Accident-driven (A)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- 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)
- 1721
- Employees
- 17
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Oct 28, 1992
- Abate by
- Nov 2, 1992
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000
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 serious fall hazards while operating the Grove SM42RT Scissor Aerial Platform on sloping terrain and the outriggers were not extended while the platform was elevated. Among other methods, feasible and acceptable abatement methods to correct these hazards are to ensure that the vehicle platform is only elevated when it is parked on level terrain and the outriggers are extended whenever the platform is extended beyond 25 feet in height: (a) Jobsite: Intersection of Routes 18 and 195, New Bedford, MA: Employees were exposed to serious fall hazards in that the Grove SM42RT Scissor Aerial Platform was operated on slopping terrain in excess of the manufacturer's recommended 5 degrees of slope and the outriggers were not extended when the platform was elevated beyond the 25 foot height restriction.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5000.00
- — Z (S) $5000.00
1926.952 A01
- Issued
- Oct 28, 1992
- Abate by
- Nov 2, 1992
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5000.00
- — Z (S) $5000.00
1926.21 B02
- Issued
- Oct 28, 1992
- Abate by
- Dec 14, 1992
- Penalty
- Initial $10,000 · Current $5,000 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5000.00
- — Z (S) $10000.00
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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 107539926.
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