OSHA Inspection: L C P CHEMICALS

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 19, 1990

Penalty

Initial $800

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to
inhalation, skin and explosion hazards from possible breach of
containment of chlorine, hydrogen, mercury, sodium hydroxide and other
chemicals. The following contributed to the existence of these hazards:
A) A process hazard analysis has not been performed on any of the
operations and/or units, that are associated with the manufacturing
of chlorine, the cooling, drying liquification, storage and
distribution of chlorine, on or about August 22, 1990.
B) Release history and numerous exposures to chlorine and sodium
hydroxide as indicative that numerous hazards both operational and
maintenance exist throughout the plant, on or about August 22, 1990.
Feasible and accepted abatement method(s), among others, include
performing a process hazard analysis at a minimum perform a "What If".
problems or high risks identified should be corrected or improved.

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 19, 1990

Penalty

Initial $700

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees working in
process and operational units producing, chlorine, hydrogen, sodium
caustic hydroxide and other chemicals were exposed to inhalation, skin
and explosion hazards from possible breach of containment of chlorine,
hydrogen, caustic and other chemicals. The following contributed to the
hazards:
A) No piping and instrument diagrams and updated versions were
available, on or about August 22, 1990.
B) Block flow diagrams were not current to various processes
including cell operation, cooling and drying, salt plant and
brine plant, on or about August 22, 1990.
Feasible and accepted abatement method(s), among others, is to develop
piping control in instrument diagrams for the cooling and drying, cell
operation including hydrogen and caustic produced, and liquification.
in addition block flow diagrams need updating for current processes.

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 14, 1990

Penalty

Initial $700

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to
inhalation hazard from possible breach of containment of chlorine from
pipelines containing chlorine: The following contributed to the
existence of this hazard:
A) The company does not have written procedures for inspection and
operation of pipelines, on or about August 22, 1990.
B) Records of inspection dated and signed by inspector are not on file
for operational and distribution pipelines containing chlorine, on
or about August 22, 1990.
Feasible and accepted abatement methods, among others, include
developing a policy, procedure and program to conduct inspections on
the pipelines. The procedures should contain the minimum:
1) Frequency - annual.
2) Test point areas.
3) Records with signature of inspector.
4) Methods to inspect.

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 4, 1990

Penalty

Initial $700

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place or employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to
electrical shock hazards in that relays and breakers are not inspected,
cleaned and tested periodically:
A) Cell building and the cell electrical system, on or about
August 21, 1990.
Feasible and accepted abatement methods include developing an inspection
program for breakers and relays for dc power conversion and performing
the inspection, cleaning and testing of equipment on a periodic schedule
(periodic is defined as monthly to annually).

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 19, 1990

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees working in
chloralkali, salt plant, brine plant and related chlorine production
operations are exposed to possible breach of containment of chlorine,
HCL sodium hydroxide and hydrogen resulting in inhalation and skin and
explosion hazards. The following conditions contributed to these
hazards:
A) There is no preventive maintenance program for tanks, vessels and
piping lines that are not noted as pressure vessels, on or about
August 22, 1990.
B) Inspections of non-pressure rated vessels and piping lines are not
being conducted on a scheduled time-frame based on history of
equipment, on or about August 22, 1990.
C) Written maintenance procedures are not written in a maintenance
program manual, on or about August 22, 1990.
Feasible and accepted abatement methods, among others, include
developing and implementing written procedures for maintenance; listing
equipment in various areas, setting inspection and preventive
maintenance dates, stating what inspection procedures to use and
describing maintenance procedures specific to each piece of equipment,
on or about August 22, 1990.

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 4, 1990

Penalty

Initial $700

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free frp, recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employment in that employment working or
passing near pipelines containing chlorine are exposed to inhalation
hazard from possible breach of containment of chlorine through valves
in lines. the following contributed to the existence of the hazards:
A) Valves that may be required to operate during an emergency are not
inspected annually, on or about August 22, 1990.
B) No policy, procedure or program is in place to inspect and maintain
various valves, on or about August 22, 1990.
C) No records are available identifying valves by serial number and
their location in the plant. In addition, records need to explain
maintenance and testing, on or about August 22, 1990.
Feasible and accepted abatement methods, among others, include
developing a policy, procedure and program for inspection, maintenance
and operation of various types of valves used in pipelines for
controlling, blocking or isolating equipment and pipelines. Program
needs to record inspection dates of annual inspection and methods of
inspection for valves.

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 14, 1990

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees working in cell
area of production, cooling and drying, liquification, and storage of
chlorine are exposed to inhalation, skin and explosion hazards from
potential breach of containment of chlorine, hydrogen and sodium
hydroxide. The following contributed to the existence of these hazards:
A) Instruments used to monitor process variables in cell building
cooling and drying, liquification and storage of chlorine and
sodium hydroxide are not listed, identified and placed on a
preventative maintenance program to inspect and evaluate their
performance factors, on or about August 22, 1990.
Feasible and accepted abatement methods, among others, include listing
all instruments that monitor and/or control process variables,
implementing a preventive maintenance program that includes inspection
of instruments and procedures to correct deficiencies found.

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Jun 1, 1992

Penalty

Initial $700

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees working in and
near areas of chlorine barge storage and at chlorine receivers are
exposed to inhalation and skin hazards from possible breach of
containment of chlorine. The following conditions contributed to these
hazards existing:
A) The company does not have a program to systematically inspect and
maintain storage vessels so that potential defects may be detected
and corrected before an emergency arises, on or about August 22,
1990.
B) Wall thickness inspections are not conducted every two years and
logged for the predesignated exterior area of tanks. No records are
available showing tests being done, on or about August 22, 1990.
C) Records are not available showing that hydro static and visual test
of tanks has been done, on or about August 22, 1990.
D) Wall thickness inspections and records are not done on a six year
basis, along with a visual interior inspection for each tank. Barge
storage tanks #1, 3 & 4, 300,000 lb. capacity chlorine storage
receivers #1, 1, 3 & 4, on or about August 22, 1990.
Feasible and accepted abatement methods, among others, include
developing a preventive maintenance and inspection program for tanks
storing chlorine. Program should include wall thickness inspections,
interior inspections and hydrostatic testing every 2 to 6 years.
Records of inspection and maintenance work shall be recorded in same
manner for review and historic information.

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 4, 1990

Penalty

Initial $600

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to
inhalation and skin hazards from possible breach of containment of hcl
due to defective flow orifice at hcl destruct. The following condition
condition contributed to the existence of these hazards:
A) Orifice in line to measure flow had been blocked for 3 months and
not corrected, on or about June 20, 1990.
Feasible and accepted abatement methods, among others is to take the
orifice out and either fix or replace it. In addition a corrective
action policy and procedures needs to be implemented to determine
equipment that is not operable and to have it repaired or replaced.

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 4, 1990

Penalty

Initial $300

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees working at
sodium hydroxide storage are exposed to potential inhalation and skin
burn hazards from possible breach of containment of 50% sodium hydroxide
from tank number two. The following contributed to the existence of this
hazard:
A) A 300,000 gallon capacity sodium hydroxide storage tank had several
leaks along base area of tank, on or about May 8, 1990.
Feasible and accepted abatement methods include placing the sodium
hydroxide vessels on a preventive maintenance program, and repair any
deficiencies found.

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 19, 1990

Penalty

Initial $400

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to
liquid sodium hydroxide burns (50%) from possible breach of containment
while loading sodium hydroxide due to level gage being out of service
and not repaired at number 4 sodium hydroxide storage tank.
Feasible and accepted abatement methods, among others, include repair
of liquid level gage.

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 23, 1990

Penalty

Initial $600

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to
inhalation hazards of railroad loading racks from possible breach of
containment of chlorine or sodium hydroxide. The following conditions
contributed to the existence of this hazard:
A) Water, steam and air couplings are not identified at various loading
stations, on or about June 14, 1990.
B) An undesired introduction of a utility into a loading vessel may
cause an upset of conditions, on or about June 14, 1990.
Feasible and accepted abatement methods, among others, include labeling
all utilities at hose connection fittings.

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 23, 1990

Penalty

Initial $600

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees working in and
near 70% sodium hydroxide area are exposed to skin hazards, inhalation
hazards and vessel explosion hazards. The following conditions
contributed to these hazards:
A) Pressure relief device was installed to permit introduction and
retention of scale and debris into the discharge outlet flange which
pointed upwards. This could prevent full relief throttle and
overpressurize the steam evaporator, thus exposing employees to
sodium hydroxide and flying debris, on or about May 8, 1990.
B) Relief setting for device is unknown, on or about May 8, 1990.
C) Relief setting is not marked on the pressure relief device, on or
about May 8, 1990.
D) The relief devices vessels MAWP is unknown, on or about May 8, 1990.
E) Relief device is not readily accessible, on or about May 8, 1990.
F) Markings are not on valve per UG-129-(a), on or about May 8, 1990.
Feasible and accepted abatement methods, among others, include the
following:
A) Install relief device to prevent introduction and retention of
debris.
B) Ascertain relief valve setting and retain record of the valve
history. Setting should be based on the MAWP of the host tank or
vessel. The orifice size of the relief device has to prevent
pressure from rising more than 10% above the MAWP.
C) Install relief device to make it readily accessible.
D) Retain markings on devices according to ASME code UG-129.

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 23, 1990

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees working in and
near 70% sodium hydroxide are exposed to an explosion hazard from a
pressure relief valve that may stick. The following conditions
contributed to this hazard:
A) No preventative maintenance for pressure relief device, on or about
May 8, 1990.
B) Relief setting is unknown, on or about May 8, 1990.
C) Valve identification is not marked on valve, on or about May 8, 1990.
Feasible and accepted abatement methods, among others, includes setting
up a preventative maintenance program for pressure relief devices,
implementing procedures to inform employees the importance of properly
tagging relief devices for identification, and stating policy for all
relief devices. Policy shall state the importance of knowing relief
valve setting, specific vessels the relief devices goes to, proper
maintenance, dates and service.

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 4, 1990

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to
explosion hazard(s) in that a pressure relief device had been removed on
the Nash compressor #1 that compresses chlorine gas.
Feasible and acceptable abatement method(s), among others, include
development and implementation of a program to include a pressure relief
device as recommended by Chlorine Institute, referencing Section viii of
the ASME Pressure Vessel Code; and to install the pressure relief
device.

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 4, 1990

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees working in and
around the chlorine cooling and drying area are exposed to potential
explosion and inhalation hazard. The following conditions contributed
to these hazards:
A) Separator tank used with Nash compressor in cooling and drying did
not have a pressure relieving device, on or about August 22, 1990.
B) The dry demister did not have a pressure relieving device. Both
pressure vessels operate at 40 psig's and have block valves between
them.
Feasible and acceptable abatement methods, among others, include
installation of a pressure relief device that meets Chlorine Institute
and ASME codes in Section viii of the Pressure Vessel Code UG-125.

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 19, 1990

Penalty

Initial $700

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees working in
cooling and drying and at chlorine barge storage areas are exposed to
potential inhalation hazards. The following conditions contributed to
this hazard:
A) ASME stamping and reports are not available for pressure vessels
containing chlorine (code U symbol), on or about May 9, 1990.
B) No preventative maintenance program and inspection reports are
available upon request, on or about May 9, 1990.
C) Fabrication data on specifications, sizing, design pressure and
manufactures are not available, on or about May 9, 1990.
Chlorine Barge Storage four storage tanks referenced as 1, 3 & 4.
Chlorine receivers 1,2,3,4.
Feasible and accepted abatement methods, among others, include:
1) Going through records to recover design and fabrication data or to
have the vessels recertified, stamped and documented for appropriate
use.
2) Implementation or an inspection protocol for all pressure vessels
with retention of records and historic information each vessel.

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 19, 1990

Penalty

Initial $1,000

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees working
throughout the plant are exposed to explosion and inhalation hazards
from possible over pressure of vessels rated as pressure vessels, and
from a breach of containment should pressure relief devices fail. The
following conditions contributed to this hazard:
A) A listing of pressure relief devices and their service is not
available, on or about August 22, 1990.
B) Numerous pressure relief devices did not have markings stating the
manufacturer or identifying tradmark, the manufacturer's design or
type number, size, capacity in pounds of saturated steam per hour
or cubic feet of air per minute, pipe size of the valve inlet and
set pressure, on or about August 22, 1990.
C) A preventive maintenance program is not utilized to service various
relief devices to assure their reliability, on or about August 22,
1990.
Feasible and accepted abatement methods, among others, include having a
master list of pressure relief devices and to what vessel they service
identifying the relief devices and assuring section viii UG-129
(markings) of the ASME code is met, and placing the relief devices on
preventive maintenance programs to assure they are inspected and tested
according to services and ASME codes.

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 19, 1990

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees working in
chlorine cooling and drying are exposed to inhalation and skin hazards
from possible breach of containment from the system. The following
condition contributed to the hazards:
A) The 4 Nash and Ingersol Rand compressors are not instrumented to
shutdown automatically should excessive temperatures occur on the
outlet, on or about August 22, 1990.
B) The alarm was not working on #2 Ingersol Rand compressor, on or
about August 22, 1990.
Feasible and accepted abatement methods, among others, is to have the
compressor instrumented to shutdown upon reaching excessive temperatures
and have alarm corrected when they become defective.

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 2, 1990

Penalty

Initial $500

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to
fall hazards. The following conditions contributed to the existence of
this hazard:
A) No maintenance or preventative maintenance program, on or about
May 30, 1990.
B) Only one limit switch was provided in lieu of two, on or about
May 30, 1990.
C) No sign at top floor warning user to get off, on or about
May 30, 1990.
D) No warning light provided to warn of top floor, on or about
May 30, 1990.
E) Gates at various floors were left open and not self closing type.
Gates were found left open, on or about May 30, 1990.
F) Toeboards were not provided at manlift hole, on or about
May 30, 1990.
G) Various components of the manlift are excessively corroded, on or
about May 30, 1990.
Feasible and accepted abatement methods, among others, include the
following:
1) Place the manlift on a preventative maintenance program that would
include frequent inspections.
2) Add another limit switch to the manlift.
3) Place signs at top floor warning the operator to get off.
4) Place a warning light on the manlift at top. This is to warn operator
to get off.
5) Install a device that would automatically close gate to manlift.
6) Install toeboards at manlift holes.
7) Repair and paint corroded parts of manlift.

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 29, 1990

Penalty

Initial $500

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
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employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to
contusions, fractures, smashed extremities, and electric shock burn
hazards:
A) Cell Building - 1/4 ton underhung trolley used with a coffing hoist
did not have a strain relief device provided, on or about June 12,
1990.
B) Cell Building - Jib hoist, Yale manufacturer, 4,000 lb capacity had
a hook that would not swivel, the hoist cable would not wrap on the
drum properly, and the limit switch was not being tested each day,
on or about June 12, 1990.
C) Welding Shop - Underhung trolley hoist had a stretched hook that
indicates the crane is being overload and stretched hook is
indicative of poor inspection and maintenance, on or about June 12,
1990.
Feasible and accepted abatement methods, among others, include the
following:
1) Coffing Hoist - Place a strain relief device on the pendant.
2) Jib Hoist, Yale manufacturer -
a) Replace or repair the swivel of hook.
b) Repair the hoist to allow the rope to wrap correctly.
c) And instruct all employees to test the limit switch before each
shift.
3) Replace the hook for the welding shop underhung trolley hoist.

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 7, 1990

Penalty

Initial $300

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 2, 1990

Penalty

Initial $300

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 13, 1990

Penalty

Initial $700

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 23, 1990

Penalty

Initial $200

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 23, 1990

Penalty

Initial $700

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 13, 1990

Penalty

Initial $500

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 7, 1990

Penalty

Initial $500

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 7, 1990

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 13, 1990

Penalty

Initial $400

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 4, 1990

Penalty

Initial $400

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 4, 1990

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 4, 1990

Penalty

Initial $600

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 4, 1990

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 13, 1990

Penalty

Initial $500

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 13, 1990

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 7, 1990

Penalty

Initial $400

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 23, 1990

Penalty

Initial $500

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 4, 1990

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 13, 1990

Penalty

Initial $600

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 13, 1990

Penalty

Initial $500

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 4, 1990

Penalty

Initial $600

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 7, 1990

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 7, 1990

Penalty

Initial $400

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 7, 1990

Penalty

Initial $500

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 13, 1990

Penalty

Initial $300

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 7, 1990

Penalty

Initial $200

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 23, 1990

Penalty

Initial $800

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 13, 1990

Penalty

Initial $600

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 13, 1990

Penalty

Initial $100 · Current $100

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 19, 1990

Penalty

Initial $500

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 7, 1990

Penalty

Initial $400

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 13, 1990

Penalty

Initial $500

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 13, 1990

Penalty

Initial $500

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 19, 1990

Penalty

Initial $500

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 13, 1990

Penalty

Initial $500

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 23, 1990

Penalty

Initial $600

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 13, 1990

Penalty

Initial $600

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 19, 1990

Penalty

Initial $400

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 13, 1990

Penalty

Initial $500

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 29, 1990

Penalty

Initial $500

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 19, 1990

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 2, 1990

Penalty

Initial $700

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 2, 1990

Penalty

Initial $700

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 2, 1990

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 2, 1990

Penalty

Initial $700

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Sep 1, 1992

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $4,650 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazard that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees working at
various locations including, but not limited to, Rack #1, at posts 13,
14, 8, 9, 10, 18 and 20, salt building at conveyor room where some floor
areas were totally corroded away, beam support at 70% caustic-north end,
caustic building rack, and numerous other tanks and equipment supports
at chloralkali and waste water are exposed to crushing injuries and
inhalation hazards:
The following conditions contributed to these hazards:
a) Numerous pipe and rack supports are severely corroded.
b) Vessel corrosion is noted throughout plant.
c) A structural assessment of the plant was done by an engineering firm.
Noted throughout the report are deficiencies listed as "poses a
safety concern, immediate attention needed".
No remedial action plan to address these hazards has been implemented
stating the time frame and schedule for completion.
Feasible and accepted abatement methods. among others, include
implementing a plan to correct the numerous deficiencies identified
by the engineering report and establish goals for completion.

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Dec 4, 1990

Penalty

Initial $8,000 · Current $5,650 Reduced

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 7, 1990

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Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 7, 1990

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 13, 1990

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Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 13, 1990

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Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 13, 1990

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Oct 30, 1990

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Nov 23, 1990

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Oct 30, 1990

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Nov 7, 1990

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Oct 30, 1990

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Nov 13, 1990

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Oct 30, 1990

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Nov 13, 1990

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Oct 30, 1990

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Nov 29, 1990

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Oct 30, 1990

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Nov 13, 1990

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Oct 30, 1990

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Nov 7, 1990

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Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 7, 1990

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 13, 1990

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 19, 1990

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 13, 1990

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 7, 1990

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 2, 1990

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 13, 1990

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 23, 1990

Issued

Oct 30, 1990

Abate by

Nov 7, 1990