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Samoa Tuna Processors: OSHA inspections and violations

Pago Pago, American Samoa · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · NAICS 236220

3inspections
3citation items
$5,983current penalties
Mar 12, 2018last inspection

Samoa Tuna Processors has 3 OSHA inspections on record in American Samoa, the first in 2013.

OSHA's last visit started on Mar 12, 2018 as a planned inspection, in Pago Pago.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.

OSHA proposed $8,198 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $5,983, down 27%.

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,080. Samoa Tuna Processors averages $2,308 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Samoa Tuna Processors also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Samoa Tuna Processors: OSHA citation items per year, 2013 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343031605 OPENED MAR 12, 2018Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 31 employees at the site · Closed Sep 7, 2018

Route 1, Village Of Atu'u, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1917.50(a) · Certification of marine terminal material handling devices (See also mandatory appendix I, of this part)
Serious$3,298$2,308Apr 30, 2018Final

Inspection 341585685 OPENED JUN 23, 2016Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 780 employees at the site · Closed Sep 19, 2016

Atu'u Village, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 339115495 OPENED JUN 4, 2013Closed

Unprogrammed related · Partial · Safety · 70 employees at the site · Closed Dec 6, 2013

Route 1, Atu'u, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.151(b) · First aid and eyewash
Serious$2,100$1,575Sep 30, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(2)(i) · Bloodborne pathogens
Serious$2,800$2,100Sep 30, 2013Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2017, the Pago Pago site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 139 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Cannery
Pago Pago · 2017
139 000.02.6

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Sep 7, 2016, Pago Pago: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.

An employee was cleaning a packer machine when his hand contacted the area where a compressing piston was moving and his right index finger was squashed. His right index finger had to be surgically amputated.

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.1030 · Bloodborne pathogens

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(2)(i)

(2) Hepatitis B Vaccination. (i) Hepatitis B vaccination shall be made available after the employee has received the training required in paragraph (g)(2)(vii)(I) and within 10 working days of initial assignment to all employees who have occupational exposure unless the employee has previously received the complete hepatitis B vaccination series, antibody testing has revealed that the employee is immune, or the vaccine is contraindicated for medical reasons.

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

29 CFR 1910.151(b)

(b) In the absence of an infirmary, clinic, or hospital in near proximity to the workplace which is used for the treatment of all injured employees, a person or persons shall be adequately trained to render first aid. Adequate first aid supplies shall be readily available.

29 CFR 1917.50 · Certification of marine terminal material handling devices (See also mandatory appendix I, of this part)

29 CFR 1917.50(a)

(a) The employer shall not use any material handling device listed in paragraph (c) of this section until he has ascertained that the device has been certificated, as evidenced by current and valid documents attesting to compliance with the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section.

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