OSHA Inspection: ARCTIC FJORD INC

Issued

1998-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

1998-05-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3150.00 · Current $1575.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:
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 the hazard of severe lacerations and
amputation where exposure to fish processing equipment that had not
been properly locked out and/or tagged out occurred; the following
conditions contributed to the existence of these hazards:
(a)F/V Arctic Fjord, processing area:  Where an engineer and
a process machine operator were working on a processing
machine and potentially exposed to numerous nip points
and rotating and operating components of equipment that
was designed to dehead, eviscerate, and filet fish, the
only energy isolation device in place was a single tag
affixed to the emergency stop button at the machine
panel; the following program deficiencies and physical
hazards were noted:
(1)The lockout/tagout program developed and
implemented by the vessel lacked specific
procedural steps for shutting down and securing the
equipment prior to commencing maintenance work.
(2)Where more than one employee was engaged in
performing work on the equipment, there was no
group lockout/tagout procedure developed.
(3)The developed procedure contained no provision for
verification of isolation.
(4)The developed procedure contained no provision for
release from the tagout.
(5)Not all energy isolation devices that were needed
to control the energy to the equipment were
physically located and operated in such a manner as
to isolate the equipment from the energy source.
(6)There was no periodic inspection of the energy
control procedures to ensure that the procedure
that had been developed was appropriate and being
followed.
Note: One feasible means of abatement, among others, is to
develop a program consisting of energy control procedures,
employee training, and periodic inspections to ensure that
before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on
a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start
up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury,
the machine or equipment must be isolated from the energy
source and rendered inoperative.

Issued

1998-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

1998-05-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3150.00 · Current $1575.00 Reduced

Issued

1998-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

1998-05-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $900.00 Reduced

Issued

1998-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

1998-05-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $900.00 Reduced

Issued

1998-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

1998-05-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $750.00 · Current $375.00 Reduced