OSHA Inspection: FINCANTIERI MARINE GROUP, LLC

Issued

Apr 1, 2022

Penalty

Initial $8,287 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1915.73(d):  When employees are exposed to unguarded edges of decks, platforms, flats, and similar flat surfaces, more than 5 feet above a solid surface, the edges shall be guarded by adequate guardrails meeting the requirements of 1915.71(j)(1) and (2):  On board the S.S. Badger, located in the Large Graving Dock at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, 605 North 3rd Avenue in Sturgeon Bay, WI, on the flat surface around the smokestack on December 2, 2021; employees were exposed to fall hazards when Steel Fitter employees walked and worked within 12 feet of the unguarded edge. Steel Fitter employees were exposed to falls of approximately seven feet three inches to the next level down while accessing and conducting grinding and welding activities on the vessel's smokestack.

Issued

Apr 1, 2022

Abate by

Apr 29, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1025(d)(1)(ii):  With the exception of monitoring under paragraph (d)(3), the employer shall collect full shift (for at least 7 continuous hours) personal samples including at least one sample for each shift for each job classification in each work area:  At the S.S. Badger, located in the Large Graving Dock at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, 605 North 3rd Avenue in Sturgeon Bay, WI, working from aerial boom lifts at the exterior hull on December 2, 2021; the employer did not collect full shift personal air samples for employees conducting abrasive blasting operations to remove paint containing lead from the exterior hull.