OSHA Inspection: YAQUINA BOAT EQUIPMENT, INC

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Abate by

Feb 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.7(b)(2)(i): The employer did not maintain a roster of designated competent persons or a current statement that a Marine Chemist will perform the tests or inspections which require a competent person.    (a) Port of Toledo - F/V Pegasus - On or about November 14th, 2018 and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to fire, explosion, engulfment, and suffocation hazards while performing hot work with plasma and oxygen/acetylene torches on the Pegasus.

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Abate by

Feb 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $4,243

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.7(c)(6): The employer did not ensure that each designated competent person had the ability to inspect, test and evaluate spaces to determine the need for further testing by a Marine Chemist or a Certified Industrial Hygienist.    (a) Port of Toledo - F/V Pegasus - On or about November 14th, 2018 and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to fire, explosion, engulfment, and suffocation hazards while performing hot work with plasma and oxygen/acetylene torches on the Pegasus.

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Abate by

Feb 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.7(d)(1): The employer did not ensure that the person performing tests and inspections recorded the location, time, date and the operations performed, as well as the test results and any instructions, when tests and inspections were performed by a competent person, Marine Chemist, or Certified Industrial Hygienist.    (a) Port of Toledo - F/V Pegasus - On or about November 14th, 2018 and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to fire, explosion, engulfment, and suffocation hazards while performing hot work with plasma and oxygen/acetylene torches on the Pegasus.

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Abate by

Mar 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $4,243 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.12(e): The employer neither established a shipyard rescue team nor arranged for an outside rescue team to respond promptly to a request for rescue service.    (a) Port of Toledo - F/V Pegasus - On or about November 14th, 2018 and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to hazards associated with work in confined spaces on the F/V Pegasus without a rescue service to render immediate assistance in the event of an emergency.

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $4,243 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.14(a)(1)(ii): Hot work was performed within, on, or immediately adjacent to fuel tanks that contain or have contained fuel before those spaces were tested and certified by a Marine Chemist or a U.S. Coast Guard authorized person as "Safe for Hot Work"�.    (a) Port of Toledo - F/V Pegasus - On or about November 14th, 2018 and at times prior thereto, the employer exposed employees to fire and explosion that would likely result in 3rd degree burns while performing hot work on the fuel tanks of the fishing vessel Pegasus.

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,220 · Current $2,576 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.29(b)(1):     (1) The top edge height of top rails, or equivalent guardrail system members, are 42 inches (107 cm), plus or minus 3 inches (8 cm), above the walking-working surface.  The top edge height may exceed 45 inches (114 cm), provided the guardrail system meets all other criteria of paragraph (b) of this section (see Figure D-11).

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,932 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(c)(1):       (1) Erecting toeboards, screens, or guardrail systems to prevent objects from falling to a lower level;