OSHA Inspection: DANA POINT SHIPYARD

Issued

Jul 18, 2017

Abate by

Aug 10, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,463 · Current $1,724 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c): The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use:   Shipyard:  Employees are required to don tight fitting, full-face, negative pressure respirators, (3M MD. #6900) to protect them against health hazards  of paint mist, dust and vapor generated when grinding, sanding, and spray painting vessels in the shipyard.  The required elements of this program have not been developed and need to be in writing.  See sections (i)-(ix) for the required elements of a written program.

Issued

Jul 18, 2017

Abate by

Aug 10, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,847 · Current $1,293 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:   Shipyard:  Employees are  required to don tight fitting, full-face, negative pressure respirators (3M, MD.#6900) to protect them against health hazards associated with paint vapor, mist, and dust,  when sanding, grinding, and spray painting vessels.  The required medical evaluations were not performed.   Tight fitting respirator use can place  a physiological burden on the user.

Issued

Jul 18, 2017

Abate by

Aug 10, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,847 · Current $1,293 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): The employer shall ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator is fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) is used, and at least annually thereafter.   Shipyard:  Employees required to don tight fitting, negative pressure respirators (3M, MD.# 6900), did not have initial and/or annual fit testing as required.

Issued

Jul 18, 2017

Abate by

Jul 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,847 · Current $1,293 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): 29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)[A]: The employer did not prohibit a tight-fitting facepiece to be worn by employees who had facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face:   Shipyard:  An employee was permitted to don a tight fitting, negative pressure, full-face respirator (3M, MD.# 6900) respirator while wearing a hood and long beard which interfere with a proper face to mask seal.  Employees are required to don tight fitting respirators when grinding and spray painting vessels.

Issued

Jul 18, 2017

Abate by

Aug 10, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,694 · Current $2,586 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:              Shipyard:  The written hazard communication program was inadequate.  Employees use hazardous chemicals such as; Ameron paints, Breitling thinner, welding gases, and epoxies.  The following elements were missing from the program:           1. Current Safety Data Sheets (SDS's) to replace the former Material Safety Data Sheets;           2. A description of the new pictogram system;         3. A description of the  labeling system that will be used in the workplace;  4. A list of hazardous chemicals used.

Issued

Jul 18, 2017

Abate by

Aug 10, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,078 · Current $2,155 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv): The details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer did not include an explanation of the labels received on shipped containers and the workplace labeling system used by their employer; the safety data sheet, including the order of information and how employee could obtain and use the appropriate hazard information:         Shipyard:  Employees were not trained on the new label elements (e.g., pictograms and signal words) and the new SDS formation by December 2, 2013, as required by the revised Hazard Communication Standard.  Employees handle and use hazardous chemicals such as; Ameron paints, Breitling thinner, welding gases, and epoxies.

Issued

Jul 18, 2017

Abate by

Jul 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,847 · Current $1,293 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.152(a): The employer did not provide or ensure each affected employee with the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) for the eyes, face, head, extremities, torso, and respiratory system, including protective clothing, protective barriers, personal fall protection equipment, and life saving equipment, meeting the applicable provisions of Subpart I, wherever employees were exposed to work activity hazards that required the use of PPE.    Shipyard, docks and aboard floating vessels:  Employees do not wear Coast Guard approved PFD's when working over water, within three feet of the waters' edge, and when operating vessels on waterways.  In the event that an employee falls in the water, a PFD would provide protection from drowning.

Issued

Jul 18, 2017

Abate by

Aug 10, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.152(b): The employer did not assess its work activity to determine whether there were hazards present, which necessitate the employee's use of personal protective equipment.       Shipyard:  Employees are required to wear various types of PPE such as but not limited to respirators, protective body, hand, face, head and foot wear when repairing or painting vessels.  A written hazard assessment has not been performed to include the elements listed below.  Additionally, the employer must evaluate tasks performed over water or near the waters' edge presenting drowning hazards and that require the use of PFD's.       ABATEMENT NOTE:     1.     Select the type of PPE that will protect the affected employee(s) from the hazards identified in the occupational hazard assessment;    2.    Communicate selection decisions to affected employees;    3.    Verify that the required occupational hazard assessment has been performed through a document that contains  the following information: occupation, the date of the hazard assessment, and the name of the person performing the hazard assessment.

Issued

Jul 18, 2017

Abate by

Jul 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,847 · Current $1,293 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.158(b)(3): At least one 30-inch U. S. Coast Guard approved ring life buoy with a line attached was not located on each staging alongside of a floating vessel on which work was being performed.    Shipyard, near docks or apron:  At least one 30 inch life ring with a 90 foot line was not available.  Employees work on or near the waters'  edge and are exposed to drowning hazards if they fall in.

Issued

Jul 18, 2017

Abate by

Jul 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $616 · Current $431 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1): 29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1): A Log of all recordable work-related injuries and illnesses (OSHA Form 300 or equivalent), was not completed in the detail as required by the regulation.  Record Keeping:  The OSHA 300 logs for years 2014-2016 were not filled out completely;  the page totals were not completed.

Issued

Jul 18, 2017

Abate by

Jul 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $616 · Current $431 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.32(b)(2)(ii): The annual summary did not include one or more of the following elements: the calendar year covered, the company's name, establishment name, establishment address, annual average number of employees covered by the OSHA 300 Log, and the total hours worked by all employees covered by the OSHA 300 Log.   Record Keeping, OSHA 300A (Annual Summary):  For years 2014-2016, the logs did not document the total number of employee hours worked and the average number of employees.

Issued

Jul 18, 2017

Abate by

Jul 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.81(a)(5): The employer shall dispose of flammable and combustible substances, such as paint thinners, solvents, rags, scrap, and waste, or store them in covered fire-resistant containers at the end of each workshift or when the job is completed, whichever occurs first.   Shipyard, near apron:  Paint residue and solvent soaked rags were disposed of in an open, blue plastic barrel with combustible materials such as cardboard and paper creating a fire hazard.