OSHA Inspection: WINDWARD YACHT CENTER

Issued

2017-10-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1847.00 · Current $1293.00 Reduced

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:   Boatyard:  Employees are required to don tight fitting, full and half face, negative pressure respirators (3M, MD.'s 6900 and 6300) to protect them against health hazards associated with paint vapor, mist, and dust,  when prepping and spray painting vessels.  The required medical evaluations were not performed.   Tight fitting respirator use can place  a physiological burden on the user.

Issued

2017-10-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using a tight-fitting face piece respirator were not annually fit tested:     Boatyard:  Employees are required to don tight-fitting, negative pressure respirators (3M, MD.'s 6900 and 6300) to protect against health hazards associated with various types of paint dust, mist, and vapor when prepping and spray painting vessels.  Annual fit testing was not conducted.

Issued

2017-10-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2463.00 · Current $1724.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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:               Boatyard:  The written hazard communication program was inadequate.  Employees use hazardous chemicals such as; Pettit and Seahawk paints and thinners, West Systems Epoxies, and fiberglass. The following elements were missing from the program:            1. Current Safety Data Sheets (SDS's) to replace the former Material Safety Data Sheets;            2. A description of the new pictogram system;          3. A description of the  labeling system that will be used in the workplace;  4. A list of hazardous chemicals used.

Issued

2017-10-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv): The details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer did not include an explanation of the labels received on shipped containers and the workplace labeling system used by their employer; the safety data sheet, including the order of information and how employee could obtain and use the appropriate hazard information:            Boatyard:  Employees were not trained on the new label elements (e.g., pictograms and signal words) and the new SDS formation by December 2, 2013, as required by the revised Hazard Communication Standard.  Employees handle and use hazardous chemicals such as; Pettit and Seahawk paints and thinners, Western System epoxies, and fiberglass.

Issued

2017-10-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.152(a): The employer did not provide or ensure each affected employee with the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) for the eyes, face, head, extremities, torso, and respiratory system, including protective clothing, protective barriers, personal fall protection equipment, and life saving equipment, meeting the applicable provisions of Subpart I, wherever employees were exposed to work activity hazards that required the use of PPE.   Boatyard:  Employees do not wear Coast Guard approved PFD's when working over water (marine lift or docks), within three feet of the waters' edge, and when operating vessels on waterways.  In the event that an employee falls in the water, a PFD would provide protection from drowning.

Issued

2017-10-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1915.158(b)(4): 90 feet of line was not attached to each ring life buoy.   Boatyard, slips and pier:  The lines attached to two ring life buoys were less than 90 feet in length.  The lines were approximately 60 feet long.