OSHA Inspection: ISP FINE CHEMICALS, INC.

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Feb 12, 1996

Penalty

Initial $4,625 · Current $4,625

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:
... The hazard of fires and explosions at ISP Fine Chemicals Inc. as a
result of system upset
and/or equipment failure; including:
a.The Distillation Still S-4 and associated rupture disk relief system
were not adequate to
safely contain the 1-Ethynylcyclohexene (ECH) distillation process during
potential upset
conditions, such as the temperature and pressure created during a runaway
polymerization reaction that occurred on 8/7/95 when ECH was contained in
S-4.  S-4
could not safely relieve the runaway reaction, and it ruptured, causing an
explosion.
Feasible and useful methods of correcting these hazards include, but are
not limited to, the
following:
a.Follow accepted industry guidelines and engineering standards to design
and control a
vessel system/unit to safely handle ECH distillation and potential upset
conditions.  This
would include a relief system that was adequately designed and sized to
safely relieve the
pressure in the event of a credible worst-case upset scenario, such as a
runaway
polymerization reaction.

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Jun 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $675 · Current $675

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Apr 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $675 · Current $675

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Apr 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $675 · Current $675

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Apr 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $2,250 · Current $2,250

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Apr 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $2,250 · Current $2,250

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

May 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $2,250 · Current $2,250

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Jul 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $2,250 · Current $2,250

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Jul 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $2,250 · Current $2,250

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Apr 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $2,250 · Current $2,250

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Apr 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $2,250 · Current $2,250

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

May 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $2,250 · Current $2,250

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Apr 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $2,250 · Current $2,250

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Apr 1, 1996

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Feb 12, 1996

Penalty

Initial $2,250 · Current $2,250

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Feb 12, 1996

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Jan 1, 1997

Penalty

Initial $2,250 · Current $2,250

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

May 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $675 · Current $675

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

May 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $1,000

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

May 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $1,000

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

May 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $1,000

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

May 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $1,000

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Dec 1, 1997

Penalty

Initial $2,250 · Current $2,250

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

May 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $2,250 · Current $2,250

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Jun 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $2,250 · Current $2,250

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Jun 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $2,250 · Current $2,250

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Apr 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $1,000

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Apr 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $675 · Current $675

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Jul 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $2,250 · Current $2,250

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Dec 31, 1996

Penalty

Initial $63,000 · Current $63,000

Issued

Feb 7, 1996

Abate by

Apr 1, 1996

Penalty

Initial $63,000 · Current $63,000