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OSHA Inspection: UNIVERSAL BLASTCO

Planned inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of UNIVERSAL BLASTCO in MV B.E. LINDHOLM DETYENS SHIPYARD, NORTH CHARLESTON, SC 29405 (NAICS 488390). OSHA activity number 308329747.

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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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.

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Establishment
UNIVERSAL BLASTCO
Site address
MV B.E. LINDHOLM DETYENS SHIPYARD
City
NORTH CHARLESTON
State
SC
ZIP
29405
Mailing
318 NEELEY STREET, SUMTER, SC 29150
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Complete (A)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
N
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
488390
SIC code (legacy)
3731
Employees
4
Ownership type
A
Industry flags
Maritime safety.

3 citations on file for this inspection.

5(a)(1)

Serious Gravity 05 2 instances 3 exposed
Issued
Jul 8, 2011
Abate by
Jul 13, 2011
Penalty
Initial $4,500 · Current $7,000
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 falling from step ladders positioned on a
scaffold platform:
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard is to ensure that
employees use scaffolds of sufficient height to reach the work area. For
additional assistance,
please refer to ANSI A14.2-1972 "safety requirements for portable metal
ladders", Appendix
A3, Section A3.8.
a) Drydock Number 2 - Dredge B.E. Lindholm at the port quarter/stern:
Employees
working on the propeller shaft struts had placed a 6 foot step ladder and
a 10 foot step
ladder on top of the platform of a tubular welded frame scaffold, exposing
the employees
to fall hazards.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $7000.00
  • — Z (S) $4500.00

1915.71 K01

Serious Gravity 01 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Jul 8, 2011
Abate by
Jul 13, 2011
Penalty
Initial $2,295
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S)
  • — Z (S) $2295.00

1915.72 A01

Serious Gravity 01 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Jul 8, 2011
Abate by
Jul 13, 2011
Penalty
Initial $2,295
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S)
  • — Z (S) $2295.00

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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 308329747.

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