PSM and RMP Citations/Analysis

Respondent is the owner and/or operator of a public water treatment facility that uses chlorine in its water treatment process. The amount of chlorine on hand at the facility is up to 9,000 pounds. At all times relevant to this Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO), Respondent produced, processed, handled or stored chlorine at its…...

OSHA has issued nine serious and two other-than-serious violations to a refrigeration warehouse after a January 2016 complaint investigation found the employer violated OSHA’s process safety management standard in regards to the anhydrous ammonia used in the facility’s refrigeration process where more than 10,000 pounds of ammonia are in use. An investigation by the agency’s…...

On May 6, OSHA issued 42 serious and four other-than serious safety and health violations following three separate inspections at the bio-refinery in November 2015.  Inspectors found the ethanol production facility violated OSHA’s process safety management regulations including failing to: Develop written procedures for safely conducting tasks in the process, and for maintaining the ongoing…...

Responding to a complaint from employees at a facility operated by the fourth largest foodservice distributor in the U.S., OSHA found that a check valve in the food plant’s pump room leaked about 9 pounds of anhydrous ammonia on Oct. 21, 2015. Inspectors also found the ammonia sensor in the pump room did not sound…...

Complainant alleges that Respondent violated the provisions identified herein and seeks the assessment of a civil penalty. Respondent owns and operates a refinery. At all times relevant to this action, Respondent processed, handled. and stored regulated flammable substances listed in 40 C.F.R. § 68.130 in a mixture at its facility. At all times relevant to…...

OSHA has issued 14 serious violations ($80,000) after an October 2015 complaint investigation found the manufacturer and distributor of chemicals used in a variety of industries including manufacturing, water treatment and oil and gas violated OSHA’s PSM standard. Here is a breakdown of the citations:… Membership Required You must be a member to access this...

OSHA has cited a food manufacturing company for 25 serious and one other violation for exposing workers to hazardous chemicals, electrical dangers and fall hazards. OSHA discovered the violations after an inspection of the facility. The agency inspected the plant after an evacuation of the facility sent workers to the hospital as a precaution on…...

Respondent owns and operates a carbonated beverage bottling plant. At the facility, respondent produces, processes, handles, or stores substances listed in, or pursuant to, CAA 112(r)(3) or other extremely hazardous substances identified as such due to toxicity, reactivity, flammability, volatility. or corrosivity, including anhydrous ammonia. On March 29, 2015, there was a 3,750 pound release of…...

EPA found that Respondent had violated regulations implementing Section 112(r) of the Act at 40 C.F.R. Part 68 by failing to comply with the regulations as noted on the enclosed Risk Management Plan Inspection Findings and Alleged Violations Summary, which is hereby incorporated by reference.  In consideration of Respondent’s size of business, its full compliance…...

Hundreds of workers evacuated a candy manufacturing plant when an evaporator unit pipe failed and released approximately 22 pounds of anhydrous ammonia throughout the facility. No workers were injured in the incident which closed the plant for more than two hours. OSHA investigated the Sept. 23, 2015, incident and cited the company with three repeat,…...

OSHA found that the nation’s largest chicken producer failed to use proper safety procedures that allowed a release of 79 pounds of anhydrous ammonia and endangered workers at its Waco facility on Sept. 28, 2015. OSHA cited the facility for two repeat and two serious violations under its Process Safety Management Standard. The company faces…...

OSHA initiated an investigation after learning of two explosions at the pyrotechnic facility on Oct.1, 2015 and issued citations to the employer on March 18 for four repeated, six serious and five other-than-serious safety violations. The repeated citations relate to the employer not: Documenting that safety equipment complies with generally accepted engineering practices for the…...