OSHA Inspection: WASHBURN & DOUGHTY ASSOCIATES, INC

Issued

2023-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6641.00 · Current $3321.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k)(1): The employer did not provide respirator training that would ensure each employee could demonstrate knowledge of items in section (i)-(vii).  This is applicable to shipyard employment by 29 CFR 1915.154 that incorporates the General Industry requirement:   Establishment - The employer required employees in the paint department to wear 3M fitted, half-faced respirators without providing appropriate training.

Issued

2023-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6641.00 · Current $3321.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(4)(iii):An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not being conducted at least once every three years. This is applicable to shipyard employment by 29 CFR 1915.120  that incorporates the General Industry requirement:  Establishment - The employer failed to complete forklift operator evaluations at least every three years.  The employer could not provide records to show when the last evaluation was completed and no employees could recall completing the evaluations in the past three years during the interviews.

Issued

2023-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(6):The employer did not certify that each operator had been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l).  This is applicable to shipyard employment by 29 CFR 1915.120  that incorporates the General Industry requirement:  Establishment - The employer did not certify that each employee had been trained and evaluated prior to operating forklifts and off road lifts used at the facility.

Issued

2023-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6641.00 · Current $3321.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(A): Flexible cords and/or cables were used as a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure:   Flexible cords and/or cables were used as a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure.  The employer used extension cords in place of permanent wiring in the following locations:  a. Welding booth at the end of fabrication area used to power a microwave, toaster oven, miscellaneous chargers. b. East Bay machine area used to power microwave  c. Production bay, ground level on the port side of Hull 133, use dto power microwave d. Tool crib, used to power battery chargers

Issued

2023-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6641.00 · Current $3321.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1915.72(a)(3):The side rails of ladders used for access to any level extended less than 36 inches above that level.  Establishment - The employer was using a 24 foot fiberglass extension ladder to the engine compartment on Hull 133 without extending the ladder 36 inches above the opening.

Issued

2023-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6641.00 · Current $3321.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1915.73(d):When employees were exposed to unguarded edges of decks, platforms, flats, or similar flat surfaces, more than 5 feet above a solid surface, the edges were not guarded by adequate guardrails meeting the requirements of 29 CFR 1915.71(j)(1) and (2):    Establishment - The employer failed to provide adequate guarding on Hull 136:  a. Top deck around tow rope cleats  (approximately 30 feet above ground level). b. Quarter pit compartment access by stairwell (on two sides approximately 10 feet above the lower level).

Issued

2023-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6641.00 · Current $3321.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1915.89(o)(1): The employer did not provide adequate Lock Out Tag Out training to employees which incorporated the requirements of 1915.89(o)(2)(i) through (o)(2)(v):  Establishment - The employer did not provide adequate Lock Out Tag Out training.   Current employee performing lock out tagout had not received lock out tagout authorized person training.

Issued

2023-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6641.00 · Current $3321.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1915.134(b): Work rests were not kept a distance not to exceed 1/8 inch from the surface of the wheel.  Establishment - The employer failed to ensure that the work rest on a grinder located in the East Bay was within 1/8 inch from the surface of the grinding wheel.

Issued

2023-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6641.00 · Current $3321.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1915.159(a)(9): Anchorages were not capable of supporting at least 5,000 pounds (22.2 Kn) per employee attached.  Establishment - The employer failed to ensure employees using active fall arrest equipment were properly tied to an anchorage that could hold 5,000 pounds.

Issued

2023-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3984.00 · Current $1992.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1915.507(b)(1): The portable fire extinguishers and hose systems were not selected, installed, inspected, maintained, and tested by the employer according to NFPA 10-2002 Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers.  Establishment - The employer failed to complete monthly fire extinguisher inspections for all extinguishers located throughout the shipyard.