Fed-OSHA Proposes Big Penalty Against Richmond Company in Hazardous Exposure

Fed-OSHA has cited a Northern California maritime company for failing to protect workers from petroleum products and fumes while working on barge pumps.The agency has cited Marin Tug and Barge of Richmond for two willful and 13 serious violations of regulations and proposed penalties of $97,000. Three workers were repairing pumps on a barge carrying oil from the Tosco and Shell refineries in August 1998 when they were exposed to hazardous fumes and substances, Fed-OSHA alleges."The