The United States Department of Labor has cited Sneed Shipbuilding for alleged serious violations for exposing employees to electrical and other safety hazards at the company's facility on Market Street in Channelview. Proposed penalties total US$59,300.
"Welders were using damaged welding leads, and the company failed to repair damaged electrical junction boxes," said David Doucet, director of OSHA's Houston North Area Office. "Electrical hazards like these can cause electrocution."
OSHA's Houston North Area Office began its investigation on April 27, finding structural deficiencies on one of the crawler cranes Sneed Shipbuilding maintained and operated, as well as electrical hazards throughout the shipyard.
OSHA has issued 19 serious citations, including failing to provide employees with fall protection, guards on grinders, covers over open manholes in decks, and fire extinguishers in areas where flammable paint and solvents are used.
Source: OSHA