OSHA Inspection: ALPINE COVE FISHERIES, LLC

Issued

2014-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2520.00 · Current $1764.00 Reduced

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:   F/V Alpine Cove, St Hermon Harbor, Kodiak, AK:  On or about 6 June 2014 and times prior thereto, the employer did not have a hazard communication program.  This condition exposed employees to contact with oils, lubricants, fuels, paints, and pressurized gases among other chemicals; resulting in exposure and asphyxiation of a crew member from R-22 Freon.

Issued

2014-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2520.00 · Current $1764.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.12(a)(1)(v): The employer did not ensure that spaces containing materials or residues of materials that create an oxygen-deficient atmosphere were visually inspected and tested by a competent person to determine the atmosphere's oxygen content prior to initial entry into the space by an employee.     F/V Alpine Cove, St Hermon Harbor, Kodiak, AK:  On or about 6 June 2014 and times prior thereto, the employer did not test for atmosphere's oxygen content while working in the engine room on a R-22 Freon refrigeration system.  This condition exposed employees to an asphyxiation hazard from a R-22 Freon leak on the vessel.

Issued

2014-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.14(b)(1)(iii): Hot work was permitted in the engine room or boiler spaces, for which a Marine Chemist or a Coast Guard authorized person certificate was not required under paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section, before being tested by a competent person and determined to contain no concentrations of flammable vapors equal to or greater than 10 percent of the lower explosive limit.   F/V Alpine Cove, St Hermon Harbor, Kodiak, AK:  On or about 6 June 2014 and times prior thereto, the employer permitted hot work in the engine room on a R-22 Freon refrigeration unit without testing by a competent person.  This condition exposed employees to fire and explosion hazards.

Issued

2014-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2520.00 · Current $1764.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.89(b):  The employer did not establish and implement a written program and procedures for lockout and tags-plus systems to control hazardous energy during the servicing of any machinery, equipment, or system in shipyard employment.    F/V Alpine Cove, St Hermon Harbor, Kodiak, AK:  On or about 6 June 2014 and times prior thereto, the employer did not have a lockout/tags-plus procedure in place.  Employees were performing hot work in the engine room on a R-22 Freon refrigeration system which was not locked or tagged out of service.  This condition exposed employees to chemical and asphyxiation hazards from a R-22 Freon leak on the vessel.

Issued

2014-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2520.00 · Current $1764.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.152(b)(4): The employer failed to document an occupational hazard assessment which should have included: Occupations involved in the survey, the date in which the survey took place and the name of the person who performed the hazard assessment.  F/V Alpine Cove, St Hermon Harbor, Kodiak, AK:  On or about 6 June 2014 and times prior thereto, the employer did not document a hazard assessment for welding, among other hazard assessments on the vessel, prior to conducting hot work in the engine room on a R-22 Freon refrigeration system.  This condition exposed employees to welding and asphyxiation hazards from a R-22 Freon leak on the vessel.

Issued

2014-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $1260.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a): The employer did not orally report the death of an employee or the in-patient hospitalization of three or more employees because of a work-related incident.  F/V Alpine Cove:  On or about 6 June 2014, the employer failed to report to OSHA a work-related death of an employee who worked on the F/V Alpine Cove.