OSHA Inspection: MARICORP US

Issued

Oct 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,678 · Current $1,399 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.106(a): Employees working over or near water where the danger of drowning existed, were not provided with U.S. Coast Guard approved life jackets or buoyant work vests:    a) On or about October 3, 2012 and times prior at 130 Yacht Basin Drive, Demopolis, AL 36732: The employer failed to provide personal flotation devices for employees installing steel roofing 22.7 feet above water exposing them to drowning hazards.

Issued

Oct 16, 2012

Abate by

Oct 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,410 · Current $2,205 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not constructed in accordance with the design by a qualified person:     a) On or about October 3, 2012 and times prior at 130 Yacht Basin Drive, Demopolis, AL 36732;  The employer failed to ensure a qualified person designed the Haul Master rolling scaffold when it was built above the manufactures maximum height of two stages.  The scaffold was built five stages high without design specifications by a qualified person as to load limits which exposed employees using the scaffold to access a roof approximately 23 feet high to fall hazards.    b) On or about October 3, 2012 and times prior at 130 Yacht Basin Drive, Demopolis, AL 36732;  The employer failed to ensure a qualified person designed the Haul Master rolling scaffold when it was built above the manufactures maximum height of two stages.  The scaffold was built five stages high without design specifications by a qualified person as to proper support locations such as but not limited to guys, ties, or braces to support both inner and outer legs to prevent tipping due to the scaffold exceeding the 4:1 height ratio, which exposed employees using the scaffold to access a roof approximately 23 feet high to fall hazards.

Issued

Oct 16, 2012

Abate by

Oct 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    a)  On or about October 3, 2012 and times prior at 130 Yacht Basin Drive, Demopolis, AL 36732 : The employer failed to ensure the competent person prior to allowing employees to use a Haul Mounting rolling scaffold to access the working level of the metal roof being installed over marina boat slips.  The scaffold was unsafe for use due to items such as but not limited to building the scaffold 5 bucks high when the manufacture only allows 2 bucks high, improperly securing the scaffold with a tie down strap, and no fall protection installed on top level platform which employees walked across to access the roof.

Issued

Oct 16, 2012

Abate by

Oct 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,410 · Current $2,205 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:    a) On or about October 3, 2012 and times prior at 130 Yacht Basin Drive, Demopolis, AL 36732:  The employer failed to ensure fall protection was provided to protect employees as they walked across the unprotected top plank to access their work area (the roof) exposing employees to fall hazards associated with falls of 22 feet.

Issued

Oct 16, 2012

Abate by

Oct 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,150 · Current $1,575 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):     Where a portable ladder was used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladders length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    a)  On or about October 3, 2012 and times prior at 130 Yacht Basin Drive, Demopolis, AL 36732;  The employer failed to ensure the integrated scaffold ladder used by employees to access the roof was 3 feet above the working surface (roof) which exposed employees to hazards associated with falls 22 feet during transition.

Issued

Oct 16, 2012

Abate by

Oct 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,150 · Current $1,496 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1): Each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level was not protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems, or fall restraint systems.    a) On or about October 3, 2012 and times prior at 130 Yacht Basin Drive, Demopolis, AL 36732: The employer did not provide fall protection for employees installing metal roofing over the marina boat slips exposing employees to unprotected side and edge with fall hazards of 22.7 or 24.7 feet to adjacent dock/water.