OSHA has cited a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility for 17 serious safety violations following a fire at the company’s manufacturing facility on April 13. The fire occurred during the troubleshooting of an electrical component on the hot oil heater. OSHA initiated an inspection under its national emphasis program on process safety management for covered chemical facilities. Proposed fines total $51,800. Twelve violations cited relate to process safety management and five other violations involve failing to develop machine-specific procedures for locking and tagging out energy sources, perform periodic inspections of machinery, guard machines, require workers to wear insulating gloves and fire-retardant clothing when working on energized circuits, and conduct an arc flash hazard analysis. Here is a break down of the citations…