OSHA Inspection: COOPER MARINE & TIMBERLANDS CORPORATION

Issued

2016-07-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.77(c): When employees are working aloft, or elsewhere at elevations more than 5 feet above a solid surface, the employer did not provide either scaffolds or a sloping ladder, meeting the requirements of this subpart, to afford safe footing, and the employees were not protected by safety belts and lifelines meeting the requirements of 1915.159 and 1915.160:   a)  At Crimson Clove Barge Mobile, Alabama:  On or about June 18, 2016 and at times prior; the employer failed to ensure employees involved in the cut out and replacement of a ladder in a barge holding tank were using fall protection exposing them to a fall hazard of 15 feet to the barge bottom below.