OSHA issues PSM Citations @ chemical manufacturing facility (organic peroxides & $91K)

Violation Summary
  Serious Willful Repeat Other Unclass Total
Initial Violations 10         10
Current Violations 10         10
Initial Penalty $107,918         $107,918
Current Penalty $91,724         $91,724

 

Violation Items
# ID Type Standard Curr$ Init$ LastEvent
1. 01001 Serious 19100022 B01 $5,078 $5,975 I – Informal Settlement
2. 01002 Serious

1910.119(d)(3)(i)(B)
Piping and instrument diagrams (P&ID’s);

$5,078 $5,975 I – Informal Settlement
3. 01003 Serious

1910.119(e)(1)
The employer shall perform an initial process hazard analysis (hazard evaluation) on processes covered by this standard. The process hazard analysis shall be appropriate to the complexity of the process and shall identify, evaluate, and control the hazards involved in the process. Employers shall determine and document the priority order for conducting process hazard analyses based on a rationale which includes such considerations as extent of the process hazards, number of potentially affected employees, age of the process, and operating history of the process. The process hazard analysis shall be conducted as soon as possible, but not later than the following schedule:

$10,773 $12,675 I – Informal Settlement
4. 01004 Serious

1910.119(g)(2)
Refresher training. Refresher training shall be provided at least every three years, and more often if necessary, to each employee involved in operating a process to assure that the employee understands and adheres to the current operating procedures of the process. The employer, in consultation with the employees involved in operating the process, shall determine the appropriate frequency of refresher training.

$8,465 $9,959 I – Informal Settlement
5. 01005 Serious

1910.119(j)(2)
Written procedures. The employer shall establish and implement written procedures to maintain the on-going integrity of process equipment.

$10,773 $12,675 I – Informal Settlement
6. 01006 Serious

1910.119(j)(4)(i)
Inspections and tests shall be performed on process equipment.

$10,773 $12,675 I – Informal Settlement
7. 01007 Serious

1910.119(j)(4)(ii)
Inspection and testing procedures shall follow recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices.

$10,773 $12,675 I – Informal Settlement
8. 01008 Serious

1910.119(j)(4)(iii)
The frequency of inspections and tests of process equipment shall be consistent with applicable manufacturers’ recommendations and good engineering practices, and more frequently if determined to be necessary by prior operating experience.

$10,773 $12,675 I – Informal Settlement
9. 01009 Serious

1910.119(j)(5)
Equipment deficiencies. The employer shall correct deficiencies in equipment that are outside acceptable limits (defined by the process safety information in paragraph (d) of this section) before further use or in a safe and timely manner when necessary means are taken to assure safe operation.

$10,773 $12,675 I – Informal Settlement
10. 01010 Serious

1910.307(c)
Electrical installations. Equipment, wiring methods, and installations of equipment in hazardous (classified) locations shall be intrinsically safe, approved for the hazardous (classified) location, or safe for the hazardous (classified) location. Requirements for each of these options are as follows:

$8,465 $9,959 I – Informal Settlement
Source: https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1170128.015
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