OSHA Inspection: BALBOA BOAT YARD

Issued

Oct 16, 2017

Abate by

Nov 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,385 · Current $970 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:                Boatyard:  The written hazard communication program was inadequate.  Employees use hazardous chemicals such as flammable paints and thinners, epoxies, and fiberglass. 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

Oct 16, 2017

Abate by

Nov 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:            Boatyard:  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 flammable paints and thinners,  epoxies, and fiberglass.

Issued

Oct 16, 2017

Abate by

Oct 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,309 · Current $1,616 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.81(a)(1): The employer did not maintain good housekeeping practices to eliminate hazards to employees.   Deck of Ways Car:  The walking/working surface was not maintained;  there was a hole large enough for an employee's foot to go through.

Issued

Oct 16, 2017

Abate by

Oct 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.    Boatyard:  Employees do not wear Coast Guard approved PFD's when working over water (slips or ways deck) or within three feet of the waters' edge when guiding vessels onto the marine lift.  In the event that an employee falls in the water, a PFD would provide protection from drowning.

Issued

Oct 16, 2017

Abate by

Oct 20, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.158(b)(4): 90 feet of line was not attached to each ring life buoy.   Boatyard, slips and pier:  The line attached to the life buoy was less than 90 feet in length.