OSHA Inspection: HOUMA ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC

Issued

2019-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9282.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:    On or about 11/15/2018, at (29*26.481 N- 91* 10.188 W) Plum Bayou, Houma, LA, employees were operating a derrick on a barge to lift and drag wooden pylons from the barge to the shore without receiving training to recognize hazards or unsafe work conditions in their work area.

Issued

2019-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6630.00 · Current $3978.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.106(a): Employees working over or near water, where the danger of drowning exists, shall be provided with U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket or buoyant work vests:  On or about 11/15/2018, at (29*26.481 N- 91* 10.188 W) Plum Bayou, Houma, LA, employees were operating a derrick on a barge to lift wooden pylons from the barge on the water to the shore without wearing life jackets.

Issued

2019-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9282.00 · Current $7426.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1437(c)(2)(i): The employer did not erect and maintain control lines, warning lines, railings or similar barriers to mark the boundaries of the hazard areas; or Clearly mark the hazard areas by a combination of warning signs (such as, "Danger--Swing/Crush Zone") and high visibility markings on the equipment that identify the hazard areas:   On or about 11/15/2018, at (29*26.481 N- 91* 10.188 W) Plum Bayou, Houma, LA, employees were operating a derrick on a barge to lift wooden pylons from the barge to the shore without maintaining warning lines or barriers of hazard areas on the barge around the derrick.

Issued

2019-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6630.00 · Current $3978.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1437(g)(1): Rated capacities (load charts) were not posted at the operator's station. If the operator's station is moveable (such as with pendant-controlled equipment), the load charts are posted on the equipment:  On or about 11/15/2019, at (29*26.481 N- 91* 10.188 W) Plum Bayou, Houma, LA employees were operating a crane/derrick to lift wooden pylons from a barge with no rated capacities or load carts posted on the crane/derrick on the barge.

Issued

2019-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  On or about 11/15/2018, at (29*26.481 N- 91* 10.188 W) Plum Bayou, Houma, LA, employees were fueling (diesel) and lubricating (hydraulic oil) a barge derrick winch and a tractor in order to move wooden pylons from a barge in the water to the shore near a hunting camp without having been trained on hazardous chemicals in their work area.