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OSHA PSM citations @ aromatic chemical intermediates manufacturer (ethyl chloride & $72K)

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OSHA initiated an inspection on Aug. 4, 2015, under its national emphasis program focused on chemical manufacturers. Inspectors found deficiencies in the employer’s equipment process safety information, process hazard analysis, written operating procedures, contractor safety, equipment inspection and testing along with management of process changes, resulting in the citations. PLEASE NOTE: this OSHA inspection cited […]

Another WRONG material to WRONG tank incident

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At a brewery in 1997, an operator confused filling nozzles for two commonly used acid cleaning agents and transferred nitric acid into a tank with P3, a proprietary phosphoric acid based cleaner that also contained 5-15 percent isopropanol. 10-15 minutes later the mixture exploded violently. The stainless steel tank disintegrated with such force that fragments

EPA RMP citations @ Nitrogen plant (NH3, CL2, SO2, & $26K w/ SEP $98K)

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Respondent has five RMProgram covered processes. The letdown area process, the urea process, and the high pressure solutions process store or otherwise use ammonia in an amount exceeding its applicable threshold of 10,000 pounds; the chlorine addition process stores or otherwise uses chlorine in an amount exceeding its applicable threshold of 2,500 pounds; and the

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