OSHA Inspection: SOUND HARVEST

Issued

2021-08-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2926.00 · Current $1463.00 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.  A)     The employer did not have  dive certifications for himself  or  of the employees working during the geoduck harvesting operations.

Issued

2021-08-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2926.00 · Current $1463.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.410(c)(2):The designated person-in-charge did not have experience and training in the conduct of the assigned diving operation.  A)     The Owner of the company was the designated person in charge of the dive operations, but did not have the training necessary to make sure supplied air dives were done in a safe manner.

Issued

2021-08-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2926.00 · Current $1463.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.420(a):General. The employer did not develop and maintain a safe practices manual which shall be made available at the dive location to each dive team member.  A)     The employer was conducting dive operations at a Geoduck harvesting tract roughly 5 miles east of Port Angeles, Washington.  Several 70 foot dives had taken place at this tract over a two day period, and the employer had not developed  a dive manual for the operations that were taking place during this time.

Issued

2021-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2926.00 · Current $1463.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.421(b)(1): A list was not kept at the dive location of the telephone or call numbers of an operational decompression chamber;  A)     The employer did not have a list of emergency contact numbers on the boat, including the number for a decompression chamber.

Issued

2021-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.421(b)(2):  A list was not kept at the dive location of the telephone or call numbers of Accessible hospitals;  A)    The employer was conducting a supplied diving operations at a geoduck harvesting tract and did not have the phone number for the nearest accessible hospital in the area.

Issued

2021-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.421(b)(3): A list was not kept at the dive location of the telephone or call numbers of Available physicians;  A)     The employer was conducting supplied air diving operations to harvest geoducks and did not have the phone number for a physician available nearby.

Issued

2021-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2926.00 · Current $1463.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.421(d)(2):  Planning of a diving operation did not include an assessment of the safety and health aspects of  surface and underwater conditions and hazards;  A)     The employer was contracted to harvest geoducks in the Dungeness West tract and did not take into account possible dangers or hazards in the area of the that the diving operations were taking place, including hazardous conditions on the bottom.

Issued

2021-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2926.00 · Current $1463.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.421(g): The breathing gas supply system including reserve breathing gas supplies, masks, helmets, thermal protection, and bell handling mechanism (when appropriate) were not inspected prior to each dive.  A)     The employer was conducting dive operations in a geoduck tract 5 miles east of Port Angeles, Washington at a depth of 70 feet.  They were using an airline system.  The employer had no documentation of equipment inspection prior to any of the dives performed in this area.

Issued

2021-08-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2926.00 · Current $1463.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.422(d): Decompression, repetitive, and no-decompression tables (as appropriate) were not at the dive location.  A)     The employer was  conducting dives at a depth of 70 feet and did not have no-decompression limit tables on the boat.

Issued

2021-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2926.00 · Current $1463.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.422(e): A depth-time profile, including when appropriate any breathing gas changes, were not maintained for each diver during the dive including decompression.  A)     The employer was performing diving operations for two days at a geoduck harvesting tract with dives going as deep as 70 feet deep, and was not keeping record of depth time profiles for any of the dives that had occurred.

Issued

2021-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.423(d)(1)(vi): The following information was not recorded and maintained for each diving operation: Maximum depth and bottom time for each diver.  A)     The employer kept logs of the diving operations on site, but did not include the maximum depth at which the divers were working.

Issued

2021-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4096.00 · Current $2048.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.425(c)(1):Each diver was not continuously tended while in the water.  A)     While in the water the diver was not continually tended.  The air line was tied off to the boat at the 150 foot length, and left that way.

Issued

2021-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2926.00 · Current $1463.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.425(c)(6):Except when heavy gear is worn or where physical space does not permit, a diver-carried reserve breathing gas supply was not provided whenever the diver is prevented by the configuration of the dive area from ascending directly to the surface.  A)     The diver working for Sound Harvest had an escape bottle as party of his diving equipment, but the bottle was found to be only charged to 400 psi pressure, which was insufficient to supply air to the diver in case of emergency ascent.

Issued

2021-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2926.00 · Current $1463.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.430(b)(4): The output of air compressor systems were not tested for air purity every 6 months by means of samples taken at the connection to the distribution system, except that non-oil lubricated compressors need not be tested for oil mist.   A)     Diving Operations on the "Relentless" were being conducted on March 3rd 2021 using a supplied air system, but the employer had not certified that the compressor being used to supply air to the diver was grade D breathable air within the  6 months prior to the diving operations being conducted at the time.

Issued

2021-08-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2926.00 · Current $1463.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.430(c)(1)(iii): Breathing gas supply hoses was not tested at least annually to 1.5 times their working pressure.  A)     The employer did not have record of a pressure test on the breathing gas supply hoses, he was using, done within the last year.

Issued

2021-08-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2926.00 · Current $1463.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.430(c)(2)(iii): Breathing gas supply hose connectors were not resistant to accidental disengagement.  A)     The employer provided an air supply line that had a quick disconnect fitting on the end for surface supplied air dives in 70 feet of water.

Issued

2021-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4096.00 · Current $2048.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.430(j)(2)(ii): Except when heavy gear is worn or in SCUBA diving, each diver did not wear a safety harness with: an attachment point for the umbilical to prevent strain on the mask or helmet.  A)      The employer was conducting surface supplied air dives at a depth of 70 feet.  The strain relief for the air supply line for the diver consisted of a couple of zip ties that were of insufficient strength to hold the air line to the harness.