OSHA Inspection: AQUA MANAGEMENT LLC

Issued

Jul 25, 2024

Abate by

Aug 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $8,296 · Current $4,148 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.23(b)(8):  The employer did not ensure that ladders are used only for the purposes for which they were designed:  Wave Pool Pump Pit 1 - Employees used the top and top step of a six-foot wooden stepladder to access a pump pit.

Issued

Jul 25, 2024

Abate by

Sep 11, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.23(c)(11):  The employer did not ensure that portable ladders used to gain access to an upper landing surface had side rails that extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface:  Wave Pool Pump Pit 1 - Employees used a six-foot wooden stepladder to access and egress an eight-foot-deep pump pit.

Issued

Jul 25, 2024

Abate by

Aug 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $10,372 · Current $5,186 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i):  The employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the systems described in 29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i):  Wave Pool Pump Pit 1 - Employees working eight feet above the pump pit were not protected from falling.

Issued

Jul 25, 2024

Abate by

Aug 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $14,518 · Current $7,259 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces:  Establishment - Employer failed to identify the wave pool pump pits as permit required confined space resulting in an employee losing consciousness from chlorine exposure when entering the confined space without taking precautions.

Issued

Jul 25, 2024

Abate by

Aug 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces:  Wave Pool Pump Pit 1 - The employer did not post a danger/confined sign in the vicinity of the pump pit.

Issued

Jul 25, 2024

Abate by

Sep 11, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146:  Establishment - Employer required employees to enter the pump pit daily without developing or implementing a permit space entry program.

Issued

Jul 25, 2024

Abate by

Aug 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.146(g)(2)(i): The employer did not provide training to each affected employee before the employee was first assigned duties under 29 CFR 1910.146, Permit-required confined spaces:  Establishment - Employer required two employees to routinely access a permit required confined space without providing training.

Issued

Jul 25, 2024

Abate by

Aug 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $10,372 · Current $5,186 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i): Each outlet box in completed installations did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy:  Covers were not provided, in the following instances:       a) Office Area - One wall mounted outlet did not have a cover/faceplate.      b) Chlorine Tank Room - A wall mounted outlet/switch did not a cover/faceplate.

Issued

Jul 25, 2024

Penalty

Initial $6,222 · Current $0 Reduced

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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:  Wave Pool Sump - The sump pump was powered by an extension cord run from the mechanical space, over six months ago.

Issued

Jul 25, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(C):  Flexible cords were run through doorways, windows, or similar openings when they were not specifically permitted.  Wave Pool - Employer powered a sump pump with an extension cord run under a metal door.

Issued

Jul 25, 2024

Abate by

Sep 11, 2024

Penalty

Initial $14,518 · Current $7,259 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):  The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  Establishment - The employer did not develop a written hazard communication program for employees exposed to hazardous chemicals, such as sodium hypochlorite solution (pool chlorine).

Issued

Jul 25, 2024

Abate by

Aug 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1910.1200(f)(6)(ii): Except as provided in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(7) and 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(8), the employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, would provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical:   Chlorine Storage Room - Two 1,600-gallon tanks of sodium hypochlorite solution (pool chlorine) were not properly labeled.

Issued

Jul 25, 2024

Abate by

Oct 2, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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:  Establishment - Employees were not provided effective information or training regarding the sections of a safety data sheet, labeling requirements, and pictograms prior to working with hazardous chemicals, such as such as sodium hypochlorite solution (pool chlorine).

Issued

Jul 25, 2024

Abate by

Sep 11, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,074 · Current $1,037 Reduced

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29 CFR 1904.29(a):  The employer did not use an OSHA 300, 301 and 300A Form or equivalent.  Establishment - The employer did not record employee injuries on the OSHA 300, 301 and 300A Form or equivalent.

Issued

Jul 25, 2024

Abate by

Aug 13, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:  Establishment - Employer did not complete a written certification verifying a workplace assessment for personal protective equipment.

Issued

Jul 25, 2024

Abate by

Aug 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2): Portable fire extinguishers were not visually inspected at least monthly:  Extinguishers were not inspected in the following instances:       a) Office Area - Drychem fire extinguisher was not inspected at least monthly.      b) Chlorine Tank Room - Water spray extinguisher was not inspected at least monthly.

Issued

Jul 25, 2024

Abate by

Aug 13, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.304(b)(3)(ii)(C)(3):  Each cord set, attachment cap, plug, and receptacle of cord sets, and any equipment connected by cord and plug found damaged or defective was used before being repaired:  Liquid Chlorine Pump - The strain relief device, on a shop fabricated cord for the chlorine pump, was damaged and broken.