OSHA PRCS Citation @ Chemical Manufacturer (Oxygen Deficiency & $64K)

19100134 D02 I

The employer shall provide the following

respirators for employee use in IDLH atmospheres:

19100134 G03 I

One employee or, when needed, more than one

employee is located outside the IDLH atmosphere;

19100146 D03 IV

Purging, inerting, flushing, or ventilating the permit

space as necessary to eliminate or control

atmospheric hazards;

19100146 D05 I

Test conditions in the permit space to determine

if acceptable entry conditions exist before entry is

authorized to begin, except that, if isolation of the

space is infeasible because the space is large or is

part of a continuous system (such as a sewer),

pre-entry testing shall be performed to the extent

feasible before entry is authorized and, if entry is

authorized, entry conditions shall be continuously

monitored in the areas where authorized entrants

are working;

19100146 E01

Before entry is authorized, the employer shall

document the completion of measures required

by paragraph (d)(3) of this section by preparing

an entry permit.

19100146 I04

Remains outside the permit space during entry

operations until relieved by another attendant;

19100146 J04

Verifies that rescue services are available and

that the means for summoning them are operable;

19100146 D09

Develop and implement procedures for

summoning rescue and emergency services, for

rescuing entrants from permit spaces, for

providing necessary emergency services to

rescued employees, and for preventing

unauthorized personnel from attempting a rescue;

19100146 K01 I

Evaluate a prospective rescuer’s ability to

respond to a rescue summons in a timely

manner, considering the hazard(s) identified;

19100146 K01 II

Evaluate a prospective rescue service’s

ability, in terms of proficiency with

rescue-related tasks and equipment, to function

appropriately while rescuing entrants from the 

particular permit space or types of permit spaces

identified;

19100146 K01 IV

Inform each rescue team or service of the

hazards they may confront when called on to

perform rescue at the site; and

19100146 K03

To facilitate non-entry rescue, retrieval systems

or methods shall be used whenever an authorized

entrant enters a permit space, unless the retrieval

equipment would increase the overall risk of entry

or would not contribute to the rescue of the entrant.

Retrieval systems shall meet the following

requirements.

19101200 E01

Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain

at each workplace, a written hazard communication

program which at least describes how the criteria

specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this 

section for labels and other forms of warning,

safety data sheets, and employee information and

training will be met, and which also includes the

following:

19101200 F06 II

Product identifier and words, pictures, symbols,

or a combination thereof, which provide at least

general information regarding the hazards of the

chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the

other information immediately available to

employees under the hazard communication

the program, will provide employees with the

specific information regarding the physical

and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.