OSHA Inspection: OCEAN MARINE SERVICES OAHU, LLC

Issued

2013-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $900.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.94(a)(3)(i):     Blast-cleaning enclosure was not exhaust ventilated in such a way that a continuous inward flow of air was maintained at all openings in the enclosure during the blasting operation:    a. Blasting enclosure area - during blasting operations, total dust 8-hour time-weighted average sample was 256.57 milligrams per cubic meter of air which was 17 times over the permissible exposure limit of 15 milligrams per cubic meter of air; exposure calculations included a zero increment for the 269 minutes not sampled.  The blasting enclosure was not exhaust ventilated to reduce exposures below the PEL.  Violation observed on or about 10/18/12.

Issued

2013-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2):     Employees were exposed to an airborne concentration of total dust listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8-hour time-weighted average concentration of 15 milligrams per cubic meter of air:    a. Blasting enclosure area - during blasting operations, total dust 8-hour time-weighted average sample was at 256.57 milligrams per cubic meter of air which was 17 times over the permissible exposure limit of 15 milligrams per cubic meter of air; exposure calculations included a zero increment for the 269 minutes not sampled.  Violation observed on or about 10/18/12.

Issued

2013-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e):     Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d):     a. Blasting enclosure area - during blasting operations, total dust 8-hour time-weighted average sample was 256.57 milligrams per cubic meter of air which was 17 times over the permissible exposure limit of 15 milligrams per cubic meter of air; exposure calculations included a zero increment for the 269 minutes not sampled.  Engineering and administrative controls were not implemented to reduce exposures below the PEL.  Violation observed on or about 10/18/12.

Issued

2013-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(c): An employee was exposed to respirable silica in excess of the 8-hour time weighted average limit listed in Table Z-3 of .812 milligrams per cubic meter of air:    a. Blasting enclosure area - during blasting operations, the respirable dust containing silica 8-hour time-weighted average sample was at 6.23 milligrams per cubic meter of air which was 7.7 times over the permissible exposure limit of .812 milligrams per cubic meter of air; exposure calculations included a zero increment for the 336 minutes not sampled.  Violation observed on or about 10/18/12.

Issued

2013-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9135

General-duty citation text

1910.94(a)(5)(iv):    For employees who use respirators required by this section, the employer did not implement a respiratory protection program in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134:    a. Blasting enclosure area - during blasting operations, total dust 8-hour time-weighted average sample was 256.57 milligrams per cubic meter of air which was 17 times over the permissible exposure limit of 15 milligrams per cubic meter of air; exposure calculations included a zero increment for the 269 minutes not sampled.  The employer did not have a respiratory protection program when employee(s) were required to use a RPB Nova 2000 respirator during sandblasting operations.  Violation observed on or about 10/18/12.

Issued

2013-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1):     The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program, as described in paragraphs (c) through (o) of this section, whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level (TWA) of 85 decibels measured on the A scale (slow response) or, equivalently, a dose of fifty percent.  For purposes of the hearing conservation program, employee noise exposures shall be computed in accordance with appendix A and Table G-16a, and without regard to any attenuation provided by the use of personal protective equipment:    a. Blasting enclosure area - employee was exposed to continuous noise levels at 360.8% of the allowable 8 hour TWA (85 dBA). The equivalent dBA level of this dose % is 99.4 dBA.  The sampling was performed for 168 minutes during one shift.  Violation was observed on or about 10/18/12.

Issued

2013-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):       The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:      a. Blasting enclosure area - when materials such as, but not limited to Kleenblast Abrasive Grit, International 990 paint, diesel and gasoline were used during sandblasting operations, the employer did not have a written hazard communication program.  Violation observed on or about 10/18/12.

Issued

2013-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1):       Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:      a. Blasting enclosure area - when materials such as, but not limited to Kleenblast Abrasive Grit, International 990 paint, diesel and gasoline were used during sandblasting operations, the employer did not train and provide information about chemical hazards to employee(s).  Violation observed on or about 10/18/12.