OSHA Inspection: SSA MARINE

Issued

Jul 13, 2012

Abate by

Aug 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $0 Reduced

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 crushing injuries from being struck by a forty foot intermodal container weighing approximately eight tons:    OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE    29 CFR 1918.33(a): Employees were permitted to pass fore and aft over or around the deck loads.      Employees were permitted to pass over or around the deck loads and in the zone of danger when there was not a safe route of passage.    This violation was most recently observed January 19, 2012 at the Port of Long Beach, Berth J245, Vessel Cosco Japan, Bay 34 where an employee was fatally injured during container discharge operations. The employee was approximately twelve feet from intermodal containers stacked six high when one was dislodged from the top of the stack, crushing the employee below.    AMONG OTHER METHODS, FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE METHODS TO CORRECT THE HAZARD WOULD BE TO FOLLOW THE PROVISIONS OF:    ASME - ANSI B30.4-1981, Section 4-3.2.3 (c)(2) which states: During hoisting, care shall be taken that: Load does not contact any obstructions.     ASME - ANSI B30.4-1981, Section 4-3.2.3(f) which states: The operator should not carry loads over people.    Pacific Coast Marine Safety Code 2008 Revision, Section 15, Rule 1513 which states: Employees shall not walk or work in the aisles adjacent to a container bay being loaded or discharged, except when the uppermost tier is being worked.

Issued

Jul 13, 2012

Abate by

Aug 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1918.98(b)(1): Any immediate supervisor of a cargo handling operation of more than five persons did not satisfactorily complete a course in accident prevention by July 16, 1999.    The employer did not require a supervisor to meet the provisions of 29 CFR 1918.98 by July 16, 1999.     This violation was most recently observed January 19, 2012 at the Port of Long Beach, Berth J245, Vessel Cosco Japan, Bay 34 where an employee was fatality injured during container discharge operations, and the assigned supervisors did not meet 29 CFR 1918.98 provisions and to keep employees clear of the zone of danger.    To abate this violation, the employer must initiate and maintain a program, including instruction suited to the particular operations involved by a qualified person it designates, to ensure that supervisors satisfactorily complete a course in accident prevention.      Pursuant to 29 CFR 1903, the employer must submit documents describing the steps it is taking to ensure compliance, including a description of how this program will protect its employees from accident hazards.

Issued

Jul 13, 2012

Abate by

Aug 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1918.98(b)(3): The employer did not provide an accident prevention course having instruction suited to the particular operations involved.     The employer training does not meet the provisions of 29 CFR 1918.98 for satisfactorily completing a course in accident prevention suited for container discharge operations.    This violation was most recently observed January 19, 2012 at the Port of Long Beach, Berth J245, Vessel Cosco Japan, Bay 34 where an employee was exposed to and fatally injured by hazards while working in the zone of danger during container discharge operations.    To abate this violation, the employer must initiate and maintain a program, including instruction suited to the particular operations involved by a qualified person it designates, to ensure that supervisors satisfactorily complete a course in accident prevention, have knowledge and understand safety and health hazards associated to their assigned worksite supervision.     Pursuant to 29 CFR 1903, the employer must submit documents describing the steps it is taking to ensure compliance, including a description of how this program will protect its employees from accident hazards.

Issued

Jul 13, 2012

Abate by

Aug 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

SAVE: 29 CFR 1918.98(b)(2): Any employee newly assigned to supervisory duties after July 16, 1999 was not required to meet the provisions of 29 CFR 1918.98 within 90 days of such assignment.    The employer does not require supervisors to meet the provisions of 29 CFR 1918.98 within 90 days of assignment to supervisory duties.    This violation was most recently observed January 19, 2012 at the Port of Long Beach, Berth J245, Vessel Cosco Japan, Bay 34 where an employee was fatality injured during container discharge operations, and the assigned supervisors did not meet 29 CFR 1918.98 provisions and to keep employees clear of the zone of danger.    To abate this violation, the employer must initiate and maintain a program, including instruction suited to the particular operations involved by a qualified person it designates, to ensure that supervisors satisfactorily complete a course in accident prevention.      Pursuant to 29 CFR 1903, the employer must submit documents describing the steps it is taking to ensure compliance, including a description of how this program will protect its employees from accident hazards.

Issued

Jul 13, 2012

Abate by

Aug 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $70,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1918.85(e): Employees were permitted to work beneath suspended containers.    The employer does not require employees to keep clear of work in the zone of danger or provide another method of protection for employees exposed to the dangers of working beneath suspended containers.     This violation was most recently observed January 19, 2012 at the Port of Long Beach, Berth J245, Vessel Cosco Japan, Bay 34 where an employee was fatally injured during intermodal shipping container discharge operations.    To abate this violation, the employer must initiate and maintain a program, including frequent and regular inspections by competent persons it designates, to ensure that employee are kept clear of the zone of danger beneath suspended container loads.     Pursuant to 29 CFR 1903, the employer must submit documents describing the steps it is taking to ensure compliance, including a description of how these steps protect its employees from the hazards of working beneath suspended containers.