The inspection began in May under the agency’s PSM NEP. The violations stemmed from the company’s refrigeration system. Six of the eight serious violations involve deficiencies in the PSM program, including failing to:
- confirm that process equipment complies with recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices,
- compile written process safety information for ammonia relief system header and emergency cutouts,
- ensure recommendations contained in the 2010 process hazard analysis were resolved and documented,
- establish and implement written procedures to maintain the ongoing mechanical integrity of the process equipment,
- inspect and test ammonia refrigeration equipment cutouts annually, and
- failing to determine and document responses to each of the findings in the 2010 compliance audit.
The two remaining violations involve failing to ensure confined spaces are identified by signage and ensure extension cords are used only in continuous length and not spliced.
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