OSHA Inspection: TRAPAC INC.

Issued

2013-06-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $5000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1918.33(a): Employees were not prohibited from passing fore and aft over or around the deck loads.  Onboard   M/V GREEN BRAZIL, Main Deck: Employees were permitted to pass over or around the deck loads and in the zone of danger when there was not a a safe route of passage.  On or about April 25, 2013, M/V GREEN BRAZIL, Main Deck, where an employee was working during container discharge operations. The employee was approximately two feet from intermodal container as it was being hoisted by the crane.

Issued

2013-06-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $5000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1918.85(e): The employer did not prohibit employees from working beneath suspended containers.     On or about April 25, 2013, onboard M/V GREEN BRAZIL, Main Deck Portside: The employer does not require employees to keep clear of work in the zone of danger or provide another method of protection for employees exposed to the dangers of working beneath suspended containers. A lasher employee was working beneath a forty foot container during intermodal shipping container discharge operations.

Issued

2013-06-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $3000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1918.85(k)(12): When fall protection systems required by 29 CFR 1918.85(j) were employed, employee(s) were not trained, before using any fall protection system, in the use and application limits of the equipment, proper hookup, anchoring and tie-off techniques, methods of use, and proper methods of equipment inspection and storage.  On or about April 25, 2013, onboard M/V GREEN BRAZIL, Main Deck:  An  employee using a fall protection  system while working on a container top was not trained on the proper in the use and application limits of the equipment, proper hookup, anchoring and tie-off techniques, methods of use, and proper methods of equipment inspection and storage. The employee had a shock-absorbing lanyard (SAL) connected to a fifty foot self retracting lifeline (SRL) which is prohibited by the manufacturer.