OSHA Inspection: PACIFIC ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS

Issued

Feb 13, 2019

Abate by

Mar 12, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $6,630 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.410(a)(1): Each dive team member did not have the experience or training necessary to perform assigned tasks in a safe and healthful manner:    Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Silver Strand, 32.39.3962N/117.09.6871 (LAT/LONG): On August 22, 2018, employee(s) were performing SCUBA diving operations to mark a sunken road line. Diver(s) were certified as open-water recreational divers by the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), but not in commercial diving operations. A diver suffered fatal injuries after he lost consciousness underwater and could not promptly be provided emergency resuscitation nor removed from the water.

Issued

Feb 13, 2019

Abate by

Feb 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $6,630 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.420(b)(1): The safe practices manual did not contain a copy of the diving standards and the employer's policies for implementing the requirements of the diving standards:    Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Silver Strand, 32.39.3962N/117.09.6871 (LAT/LONG): On August 22, 2018, employees were performing SCUBA diving operations to mark a sunken road line. A SCUBA diver was not line-tended and lost consciousness underwater and drowned as a result. The employer's Underwater Diving Operations Diving Program lacked methods for complying with the standard, such as removing injured workers from the water and line-tending divers.

Issued

Feb 13, 2019

Abate by

Feb 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.421(d)(9): Planning of a diving operation did not include an assessment of the safety and health aspects of the emergency procedures:    Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Silver Strand, 32.39.3962N/117.09.6871 (LAT/LONG): On August 22, 2018, employees were performing SCUBA diving operations to mark a sunken road line. Effective procedures were not considered in the event a diver needed to be rescued. A diver suffered fatal injuries after he lost consciousness underwater and could not promptly be provided emergency resuscitation nor removed from the water.

Issued

Feb 13, 2019

Abate by

Feb 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $6,630 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.421(c)(3): A bag-type manual resuscitator with transparent mask and tubing was not available at the dive location:    Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Silver Strand, 32.39.3962N/117.09.6871 (LAT/LONG): On August 22, 2018, employees were performing SCUBA diving operations to mark a sunken road line. A diver lost consciousness underwater and was not able to receive prompt first aid treatment and resuscitation in part because a bag resuscitator was not maintained at the dive location. The diver suffered fatal injuries.

Issued

Feb 13, 2019

Abate by

Feb 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $6,630 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.422(b)(3): The employer did not provide means to assist an injured diver from the water or into a bell:    Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Silver Strand, 32.39.3962N/117.09.6871 (LAT/LONG): On August 22, 2018, employees were performing SCUBA diving operations to mark a sunken road line. A diver suffered fatal injuries after he lost consciousness underwater and the dive team was unsuccessful at manually removing the employee into the boat by hand.

Issued

Feb 13, 2019

Abate by

Feb 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $6,630 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.424(c)(2): Diver was not line tended from the surface or accompanied by another diver in the water in continuous visual contact during SCUBA diving operation:    Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Silver Strand, 32.39.3962N/117.09.6871 (LAT/LONG): On August 22, 2018, employees were performing SCUBA diving operations to mark a sunken road line. A diver descended 29 feet to the ocean floor without being line tended from the surface. The diver suffered fatal injuries after he lost consciousness underwater and could not promptly be removed from the water.

Issued

Feb 13, 2019

Abate by

Feb 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.420(a): The employer did not make a safe practices manual available to each dive team member at the dive location:  Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Silver Strand, 32.39.3962N/117.09.6871 (LAT/LONG): On August 22, 2018, employees were performing SCUBA diving operations to mark a sunken road line. At the time, a copy of the Underwater Operations Diving Program was not maintained at the dive site. A diver suffered fatal injuries after he lost consciousness underwater and could not promptly be removed from the water.