OSHA Inspection: AQUATIC SYSTEMS, INC.

Issued

Jul 9, 2001

Abate by

Oct 2, 2001

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $4,900

General-duty citation text

Section 5(A)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:
The employer did not furnish to each of his employees employment and a
place of employment
which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or were likely
to cause death or
serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to
possible capsizing of the
boats in which they were working:
(a) On or about 03/09/01 employees working in boats on water were exposed
to the hazard of
drowning due to the employer not installing baffles in a tank used to
store herbicide  or using
a smaller tank to prevent the fluid inside from shifting and the increased
weight applied to that
side causing the boat to become unstable.
Among other methods, two feasible and acceptable abatement methods are to
use a tank with
internal baffles installed to prevent the fluid from shifting or to use a
smaller
tanks so that the
volume of fluid does not posses the weight to cause a hazard.
PLEASE NOTE:  CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS
VIOLATION.

Issued

Jul 9, 2001

Abate by

Jul 12, 2001

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $4,900

Issued

Jul 9, 2001

Abate by

Jul 19, 2001