OSHA Inspection: NORTH SEA, INC.

Issued

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-03-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $1989.00 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, North Sea, Inc. exposed their employees to fire, explosion, engulfment, and suffocation hazards while performing fire watch duties on the Pegasus during hot-work.

Issued

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-03-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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, North Sea, Inc. exposed their employees to fire, explosion, engulfment, and suffocation hazards while performing fire watch duties on the Pegasus during hotwork.

Issued

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-03-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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, North Sea, Inc. exposed their employees to fire, explosion, engulfment, and suffocation hazards while performing fire watch duties on the Pegasus during hotwork.

Issued

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-03-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $1989.00 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, North Sea, Inc. exposed their employees 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

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $1989.00 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, North Sea, Inc. exposed their employees to fire, explosion, engulfment, and suffocation hazards while performing fire watch duties on the Pegasus during hot-work.

Issued

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1421.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.71(j)(1): Scaffolding, staging, runways, or working platforms which are supported or suspended more than 5 feet above a solid surface, or at any distance above water, were not provided with a railing, which had a top rail whose upper surface was from 42 to 45 inches.  (a) Port of Toledo - F/V Pegasus - On or about November 14th, 2018 and at times prior thereto, North Sea, Inc. exposed their employees to a fall of approximately 15'-20' while working and transiting the topside of F/V Pegasus without an adequate temporary guardrail installed.

Issued

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1705.00 · Current $853.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.71(j)(5): Toe boards of at least 1 x 4 inch lumber were not provided when they were necessary to prevent tools and materials from falling on men below.    (a) Port of Toledo - F/V Pegasus - On or about November 14th, 2018 and at times prior thereto, North Sea, Inc. exposed their employees to contact with tools and material falling off of the main deck of F/V Pegasus without toe boards in place to protect them.