OSHA Inspection: MAGONE MARINE SERVICE INC

Issued

1997-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

1997-12-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2500.00 · Current $2500.00

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 the hazard of drowning as a result of the
employer not developing and implementing a preventative, routine,
and scheduled maintenance program for regulators used during SCUBA
diving activities. The following observed conditions contributed to
the severity of this hazard:
(a)Waters off Trident Seafood, Akutan, Alaska: Where a
diver's primary second stage regulator, a US Divers
Aqualung Arctic, had a cut in the rubber mouthpiece that
could have allowed water to enter the breathing air
supplied to the diver, and where this same diver's
alternate second stage regulator, a US Divers Micra, had
a small cut in the rubber mouthpiece and one of the two
exhaust valves was not seated properly which would have
allowed water to enter the regulator and be inhaled with
the breathing air, the employer did not develop a
maintenance program specified by the manufacturer of this
equipment. This program called for preventative and
routine maintenance to be performed after each day's
diving and scheduled maintenance to be performed annually
and include inspection, overhaul, and scheduled parts
replacement. During a dive using this equipment, the
diver experienced problems of unknown origin and drowned
in approximately 120 feet of water.
NOTE: One acceptable means of abatement, among others,
would be to develop a maintenance program that involves
cleaning, inspection, and proper storage of each
regulator following each day's diving. In addition, on an
annual basis (or more frequently if equipment use
dictates), regulators must be cleaned and adjusted by
qualified personnel; this annual maintenance includes
inspection, overhaul,and scheduled parts replacement.

Issued

1997-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

1997-12-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2500.00 · Current $2500.00

Issued

1997-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

1998-01-03 00:00:00

Issued

1997-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

1997-12-05 00:00:00

Issued

1997-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

1997-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2500.00 · Current $2500.00

Issued

1997-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

1997-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2500.00 · Current $2500.00

Issued

1997-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

1997-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2500.00 · Current $2500.00

Issued

1997-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

1997-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2500.00 · Current $2500.00

Issued

1997-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

1997-12-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $750.00 · Current $750.00

Issued

1997-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

1998-01-03 00:00:00

Issued

1997-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

1997-12-14 00:00:00

Issued

1997-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

1998-01-03 00:00:00

Issued

1997-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

1998-01-03 00:00:00

Issued

1997-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

1997-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2500.00 · Current $2500.00

Issued

1997-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

1997-12-14 00:00:00

Issued

1997-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

1997-12-05 00:00:00

Issued

1997-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

1997-12-05 00:00:00

Issued

1997-12-01 00:00:00

Abate by

1997-12-06 00:00:00

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