OSHA Inspection: NORSAR LLC

Issued

Dec 24, 2008

Abate by

Dec 30, 2008

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety & 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 of serious physical harm to employees, in
that, during
disassembly of a Goliath gantry crane being moved for reassembly in a
Mangalia, Romania
shipyard, employees were exposed to crushing and struck-by hazards
resulting from an
inadequately planned &/or implemented method to skid the Goliath's
northeast leg
Location:  former Fore River Shipyard, East Howard Street, Quincy,
Massachusetts
During the period June 25 to August 14, 2008, the employer made changes in
its disassembly
method for the 3500-ton-weight, 300-foot-height-by-390-foot-span Quincy
Goliath gantry crane:
with inadequate planning &/or implementation to assure controlled movement
and
structural stability maintenance of the 175 metric-ton-weight,
160-foot-long
northeast leg during its removal process. Excessive pull and push forces
were
applied to the leg, which shot out, severing its support connections and
crashing
to the ground
with inadequate planning &/or implementation to avoid or minimize
employees'
presence in the zone of danger.
As a result, on August 14, 2008, one worker died and three workers were
injured:  two of these
workers were this employer's employees.

Issued

Dec 24, 2008

Abate by

Dec 30, 2008

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

Issued

Dec 24, 2008

Abate by

Dec 30, 2008

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

Issued

Dec 24, 2008

Abate by

Dec 30, 2008

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

Issued

Dec 24, 2008

Abate by

Dec 30, 2008

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000