Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 005A Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1): 29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1): The employer did not develop and implement written operating procedures that provided clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each covered process consistent the safety information and which address the elements listed in 29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(i) through (f)(1)(v): At the facility the employer did not develop and implement written operating procedures that provided clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each covered process. Employees engaged in repair, replace, inspection and maintenance activities of covered process equipment at the engine rooms, roof top, and production floor areas were exposed to the hazards of inhalation of toxic ammonia, asphyxiation, chemical burns, and fire. a) The employer did not develop a clear instructions in the Standard Operating Procedure Emergency Shutdown section as to when/what conditions, how and who is authorized to activate the Ammonia Emergency Shutdown procedure. b) The employer did not develop written operating procedures with clear instructions for receiving Ammonia which addresses quality control for raw materials and control of hazardous chemical inventory levels of the incoming Ammonia as how to receive fresh or make-up Ammonia. c) The employer did not develop written operating procedures for the following process equipment in System #1: Frick Compressor Model RWFII 222, S/N 10241B42458043; Mycom Compressor Model 250 VMD, S/N 2555538; Mycom Compressor Model 250 VMD, S/N 2535374, and Mycom Compressor Model 250 VMD, S/N 2555539. d) The employer did not develop safe work practices to provide for the control of hazards during operations such as opening process equipment or piping (Line Break Procedure). 29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1) requires certification and documentation that the abatement of the above violation is complete.