OSHA Inspection: THOMA-SEA MARINE CONTRACTORS, LLC.

Issued

2013-03-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.67(c)(2)(ix): Articulating boom and extensible boom platforms, primarily designed as personnel carriers, shall have both platform (upper) and lower controls. Upper controls shall be in or beside the platform within easy reach of the operator. Lower controls shall provide for overriding the upper controls. Controls shall be plainly marked as to their function. Lower level controls shall not be operated unless permission has been obtained from the employee in the lift, except in case of emergency.    On 02/05/2013 the controls on the JLG articulating areial lifts located in various places of  the shipyard were unreadable. The JLG articulating lifts are use to raise employee(s) next to the vessel hulls under construction for the purpose of welding, sandblasting and painting.

Issued

2013-03-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.67(c)(2)(v):  A body belt shall be worn and a lanyard attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift.    On or about 02/05/2013 at the foscile of hull 147,the employer allowed his employee to weld on the hull while working out of an articulating aerial lift without fall protection.

Issued

2013-03-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f):  Fit testing. This paragraph requires that, before an employee may be required to use any respirator with a negative or positive pressure tight-fitting facepiece, the employee must be fit tested with the same make, model, style, and size of respirator that will be used. This paragraph specifies the kinds of fit tests allowed, the procedures for conducting them, and how the results of the fit tests must be used.    On or about 02/05/2013 the employer allowed employees to use 3M half faced respirators with 3M 2097 particulate filters without being fit tested prior to use.

Issued

2013-03-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.55(e)(4): When not in use, manifold and header hose connections shall be capped.    On 02/05/2012, The employer did not ensure  that employee(s) using the oxygen/fuel gas manifold capped the end of the hose connection located on the manifold when not in use. The oxygen/fuel gas manifolds were located in the following  locations in the facility:  a) fabrication shop 1  b) fabrication shop 2  c) fabrication shop 3  d) machine shop

Issued

2013-03-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.502(a): Employer responsibilities. The employer must develop and implement a written fire safety plan that covers all the actions that employers and employees must take to ensure employee safety in the event of a fire. (See Appendix A to this subpart for a Model Fire Safety Plan.)    On or about 02/05/2013, the employer failed to have a current fire safety plan for the facility.