June 4, 2015
Shoreline Foundation exposes workers to drowning and other hazards.
Company issued 15 safety citations and faces nearly $84K in fines.
Employer name: Shoreline Foundation Inc.
Inspection site: 2781 SW 56th Avenue, Pembroke Park, Florida 33023
Date inspection initiated: The Occupational Safety
and Health Administration initiated the Dec. 18, 2014, inspection after
receiving a complaint alleging workplace hazards.
Inspection findings: OSHA issued the employer 12 serious and three other-than-serious safety violations. The violations include: failing to ensure workers were trained to perform diving operations;
not training divers in CPR; failing to ensure the two-way voice
communication system for divers was operational; lack of air purity
tests for the compressor used by divers; and not ensuring divers wore
safety harnesses while performing diving operations.
Quote: "This inspection has identified several
safety hazards that put workers at risk of drowning or serious injury,"
said Condell Eastmond, OSHA's area director in Ft. Lauderdale.
"Shoreline management must follow OSHA standards and fulfill its
responsibility to protect employees from workplace hazards."
Proposed penalties: $83,600
The citations can be viewed at: http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/osha/OSHA20151119fs.pdf*
Shoreline Foundation Inc. specializes in marine, heavy highway and
deep foundation construction services. The company has 15 business days
from receipt of its citations and proposed penalties to comply, request a
conference with OSHA's area director or contest the findings before the
independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
To ask questions, obtain compliance assistance, file a complaint or
report workplace hospitalizations, fatalities or situations posing
imminent danger to workers, the public should call OSHA's toll-free
hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742) or the agency's Ft. Lauderdale Area
Office at 954-424-0242.