OSHA Inspection: SANTEE COOPER

Issued

Jan 15, 1999

Abate by

Jan 20, 1999

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $700

General-duty citation text

SCRR 71-112A: Failed to furnish a place of employment which is free of
recognized hazards
which may cause death or serious physical harm to his employees and comply
with this
regulation and other occupational safety and health rules and regulations
promulgated under
Chapter 15 of Title 41, Code of Laws, State of South Carolina, 1976, as
amended, as
follows:
A. Employer knew or should have known that miscellaneous construction
employees working
in and around the 6' x 6' x 12' catch basin for the french drain project
next to slurry pond
#2 at Winyah Generating Station were exposed to the hazard of an unknown
atmosphere with
high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide and oxygen
deficiency.  A feasible
and useful method to correct this hazard, among other methods, is to
implement a confined
space program for miscellaneous construction employees.

Issued

Jan 15, 1999

Abate by

Jan 20, 1999

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $700

General-duty citation text

SCRR 71-112A: Failed to furnish a place of employment which is free of
recognized hazards
which may cause death or serious physical harm to his employees and comply
with this
regulation and other occupational safety and health rules and regulations
promulgated under
Chapter 15 of Title 41, Code of Laws, State of South Carolina, 1976, as
amended, as
follows:
A. Employer knew or should have known that Winyah Generating Station
employees
performing rescue in a 6' x 6' x 12' catch basin without using a body
harness with retrieval
line or self contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) were exposed to the
hazard of an unknown
atmosphere.  A feasible and useful method, among other methods, is to
require employees
performing confined space rescue to wear a body harness with retrieval
line or wear a
SCBA.

Issued

Jan 15, 1999

Abate by

Jan 20, 1999

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $700

General-duty citation text

SCRR 71-112A: Failed to furnish a place of employment which is free of
recognized hazards
which may cause death or serious physical harm to his employees and comply
with this
regulation and other occupational safety and health rules and regulations
promulgated under
Chapter 15 of Title 41, Code of Laws, State of South Carolina, 1976, as
amended, as
follows:
A. Employer knew or should have known that miscellaneous construction
employees riding
in the bucket of the John Deere backhoe to enter a 6' x 6' x 12' catch
basin
at slurry pond
#2 at Winyah Generating Station were exposed to the hazard of falling into
an unknown
atmosphere.  A feasible and useful method to correct this hazard, among
others, is to provide
ladders or other suitable means of descent into catch basin.