OSHA Inspection: BLACKTIP BOATWORKS LLC

Issued

2024-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $569.00 · Current $569.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  a) On or about December 27, 2024, the employer failed to submit the certification of corrective actions, for serious citation 1, items 1 and 2, and for other-than serious citation 3, item 1, issued on September 11, 2024 with an abatement due date of October 29, 2024.

Issued

2024-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $569.00 · Current $569.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.19(d)(1): The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.   a) On or about December 27, 2024, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective actions, for failure to abate citation 1, items 3a, 9a and 9b and for repeat citation 2, items 1, 2 and 3 issued on September 11, 2024 with an abatement due date of October 29, 2024.

Issued

2024-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4610.00 · Current $4610.00

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees, in that, employees were exposed to crush-by hazards:  a: At 7301 74th Street North Pinellas Park, Florida; On or about March 13, 2024,  the gantry crane was not periodically inspected at least once every 12 months, in that, the gantry crane used by employees to lift boats and boat components during assembling activities had signs of corrosion and/or damage.

Issued

2024-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4610.00 · Current $4610.00

Hazardous substances 2280

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.106(e)(6)(ii): Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 flammable liquids with a flashpoint below 100 �F (37.8 �C), were dispensed into containers without the nozzle and container being electrically interconnected:  a: At 7301 74th Street North Pinellas Park, Florida; On or about March 13, 2024, the employer failed to ensure that category 3 flammable liquids such as the lamination resin drums in the lamination department were transferred between containers that cannot be electrically interconnected; exposing employees to a fire hazard.

Issued

2024-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7374.00 · Current $7374.00

Hazardous substances 00400320043009501300

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:  a: At 7301 74th Street North Pinellas Park, Florida; On or about March 13, 2024, the employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine each employees' ability to use a respiratory before requiring use, in that, employees involved in grinding, cutting and sanding operations and grinding were provided and required to use tight-fitting facepiece respirators.  The BLACKTIP BOATWORKS LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR  1910.134(e)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1656961, citation number 1, item number 3b and was affirmed as a final order on August 8, 2023, with respect to a workplace located at 7301 74th Street North Pinellas Park, Florida 33781.

Issued

2024-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7374.00 · Current $7374.00

Hazardous substances 00400320043009501300

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):  a: At 7301 74th Street North Pinellas Park, Florida; On or about March 13, 2024, the employer did not provide a fit test to employees involved in the grinding, cutting and sanding operations, provided and required to use tight-fitting facepiece respirators.  The BLACKTIP BOATWORKS LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR  1910.134(f)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1656961, citation number 1, item number 3c and was affirmed as a final order on August 8, 2023, with respect to a workplace located at 7301 74th Street North Pinellas Park, Florida 33781.

Issued

2024-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9219.00 · Current $9219.00

Hazardous substances 00400320043009501300

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:   a: At 7301 74th Street North Pinellas Park, Florida; On or about March 13, 2024, the employer did not provide information and training to employees handling chemical products such as Norox MEKP-9, ArJay, Ultra UHD2399, XM 1808 45/45 cloth and 3M Hitrack 71.  The BLACKTIP BOATWORKS LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1656961, citation number 1, item number 9c and was affirmed as a final order on August 8, 2023, with respect to a workplace located at 7301 74th Street North Pinellas Park, Florida 33781.

Issued

2024-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 00400320043009501300

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:  a: At 7301 74th Street North Pinellas Park, Florida; On or about March 13, 2024, the employer did not provide the Appendix D information to employees provided with disposable filtering facepiece respirators for voluntary use while performing lamination activities.