OSHA has cited an industrial explosives manufacturer with 22 serious and one repeat violations by for failing to correct multiple deficiencies in its chemical process safety management and other workplace safety hazards. The proposed penalty totals $178,400. The inspection, which began in February 2014, was initiated under OSHA’s NEP for PSM. In this case, a number of chemicals including cyclonite and octogen were used throughout the facility. Serious violations were cited for failing to include OSHA-accepted chemical limits in the company’s process safety information; to certify annually that the written operating procedures were current and accurate; to develop diagrams of the explosive manufacturing processes in the facility; and to train workers tasked with chemical and hazardous material cleanups. The repeat violation involves failing to conduct a process safety management compliance audit. A similar violation was cited in 2012 during an inspection at another facility located in McArthur, Ohio. Here is a break down of the PSM and HAZWOPER citations: