The Respondent owns and operates a bleach manufacturing facility, which operates a bleach manufacturing process (the Process) and maintains a maximum chlorine inventory greater than the threshold quantity of 2,500 pounds. The Process is subject to OSHA’s process safety management standard, 29 C.F.R. § 1910.119, because the Process involves greater than the threshold quantity of […]
Respondent is the owner and operator of a facility. Respondent operates a bulk liquid storage facility and offers a full range of heating, blending, and product services. Various products, such as vegetable oil, chemicals, and petroleum products, are received in tanks for storage and transferred out of the facility to customers. Some of the petroleum
This case reflects a common issue in ammonia refrigeration: Lack of or Poor Lockout/Tagout Practices. This 1,600-pound release was caused by an existing ammonia compressor that was started up on an ammonia line that was meant to be “TAGGED OUT” of service (however, the tag had fallen off) while in the process of tying the
Respondent owns and operates a wastewater treatment plant that uses chlorine, stored as liquified gas under pressure, to disinfect wastewater. In its October 2020 risk management plan, the plant indicated that it stored up to 12,000 pounds of chlorine on-site in one-ton cylinders. On November 3, 2022, EPA performed an inspection of the plant to
The alleged violations below have been grouped because they involve similar or related hazards that may increase the potential for injury or illness.
Respondent operates a facility that produces glass-to-metal seals and high-temperature co-fired ceramics for use in semiconductor products. The Facility is located just over half a mile from a residential neighborhood; just under three-quarters of a mile from a charter school; just over three-quarters of a mile from a church and a skating rink; less than
Respondent operates a facility to manufacture chlorine, bleach, and hydrochloric acid. At all times relevant to this CAFO, Respondent produced, used, or stored more than 2,500 pounds of chlorine at the Facility and was subject to the requirements of CAA § 112(r)(7). At all times relevant to this CAFO, Respondent produced, used, or stored hydrogen
Respondents owned and operated a seafood processing and cold storage warehouse facility. The Facility is one building that consists of two separate spaces on either side of a dividing wall. One side of the Facility is used for seafood processing and packaging. The other side of the Facility is a cold storage warehouse used to
Respondent is the facility’s owner and operator. The EPA inspected the Facility from July 27 to July 29, 2021, to determine the Respondent’s compliance with Section 112(r) of the CAAmand 40 C.F.R. Part 68 (“the Inspection”). Operations at Respondent’s Facility include, among others, repackaging chlorine for utilization in sodium hypochlorite bleach manufacturing. The Facility also
Respondent operated a facility (the “Facility”) to manufacture chlorine, bleach, and hydrochloric acid. Respondent produced, used, or stored more than 2,500 pounds of chlorine at the Facility and was subject to the requirements of CAA § 112(r)(7). Respondent produced, used, or stored hydrogen at the Facility and was subject to the requirements of CAA §
OSHA has again found a large food manufacturer with a history of hazardous workplace safety practices in violation of dozens of safety and health hazards. The producer of glass-pack, canned, frozen, refrigerated, freeze-dried, and snack food products under it’s brand, as well as other private labels, also operates eight other manufacturing plants, including five in
Respondent operates a granular monoammonium phosphate (GMAP) process and a diammonium phosphate (DAP) process at the Facility, meeting the definition of “process”, as defined by 40 C.F.R. § 68.3. A different Respondent operates an anhydrous ammonia process at the Facility, meeting the definition of “process”, as defined by 40. C.F.R. § 68.3. The GMAP and
