SACRAMENTO - HIGH LEAD LEVELS PROMPTED INSPECTION: On July 22, Fed-OSHA Region IX levied penalties of $415,900 against Astoria Metal Corp. (AMC) for a number of willful, serious and repeat violations of federal safety and health laws during work on the vessel Glomar Explorer. OSHA went to Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco after the discovery that 27 workers had elevated blood lead levels.The Glomar Explorer was being partially dismantled as part of its conversion from an underwater exp
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