Posted on Jul 10, 2021
Navy Investigating Shipyard 'Hot Work' Fire Aboard USS Gettysburg - USNI News
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The Navy is investigating the cause of a maintenance yard fire aboard a guided-missile cruiser that sent four sailors to the hospital earlier this week.
A fire broke out aboard USS Gettysburg (CG-64) on Wednesday as a result of hot work performed on the ship during a maintenance period at the BAE Systems repair yard in Norfolk, Va., according to a service spokesperson.
“On July 7, ship’s force and the Norfolk Fire Department responded to a small fire in a machinery space on USS Gettysburg (CG-64). The fire was extinguished quickly after it was identified,” Douglas Denzine, a spokesperson for the Navy’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC), told USNI News in a statement. “The cause of the fire is attributed to sparks from hot work. The ship sustained no damage and there is no impact to the ship’s mission or operations.”
The Navy takes special precautions to control the sparks that result from hot work — welding, flame cutting or riveting — to prevent fires.
A fire broke out aboard USS Gettysburg (CG-64) on Wednesday as a result of hot work performed on the ship during a maintenance period at the BAE Systems repair yard in Norfolk, Va., according to a service spokesperson.
“On July 7, ship’s force and the Norfolk Fire Department responded to a small fire in a machinery space on USS Gettysburg (CG-64). The fire was extinguished quickly after it was identified,” Douglas Denzine, a spokesperson for the Navy’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC), told USNI News in a statement. “The cause of the fire is attributed to sparks from hot work. The ship sustained no damage and there is no impact to the ship’s mission or operations.”
The Navy takes special precautions to control the sparks that result from hot work — welding, flame cutting or riveting — to prevent fires.
Navy Investigating Shipyard 'Hot Work' Fire Aboard USS Gettysburg - USNI News
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Someone would have gotten relieved from duty, during my time at the ship yard. Not only that, civilian workers would have been banded from ever being on that ship again.
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Standard = very clear and works when followed.
http://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.252
http://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.252
1910.252 - General requirements. | Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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