OSHA Inspection: BP, COOPER RIVER DIVISION

Issued

May 15, 2001

Abate by

Jun 18, 2001

Penalty

Initial $1,875 · Current $1,875

General-duty citation text

SCRR 71-112A: Failed to furnish a place of employment which is free of
recognized hazards
which may cause death or serious physical harm to his employees and comply
with this
regulation and other occupational safety and health rules and regulations
promulgated under
Chapter 15 of Title 41, Code of Laws, State of South Carolina, 1976, as
amended, as
follows:
A. Employer knew or should have known that three maintenance mechanics
while removing
a blind flange cover on the DR-501 reactor that utilized hydrogen in the
Purified
Terephthalic Acid unit of Plant Two were exposed to the hazards of fire
and explosion form
a hazardous atmosphere.  A feasible and useful method to correct the
hazard, among others
is to:
1) Install and maintain a hydrogen detector to alert employees of the
presence of
hydrogen inside the reactor prior to line/flange breaking.
2) A vent system on all nozzles, man ways or other high points on the
DR-501
reactor and visually verify the overflowing of water from all vents.

Issued

May 15, 2001

Abate by

Jun 18, 2001

Penalty

Initial $1,875 · Current $1,875

General-duty citation text

SCRR 71-112A: Failed to furnish a place of employment which is free of
recognized
hazards
which may cause death or serious physical harm to his employees and comply
with this
regulation and other occupational safety and health rules and regulations
promulgated under
Chapter 15 of Title 41, Code of Laws, State of South Carolina, 1976, as
amended, as
follows:
A. Employer knew or should have known that three maintenance mechanics,
while removing
a blind flange cover on the DR-501 reactor that utilized hydrogen in the
Purified
Terephthalic Acid unit of Plant Two, were exposed to the hazards of fire
and explosion from
a hazardous atmosphere.  A feasible and useful method to correct the
hazard among others,
is to:
1) Install and maintain a liquid level detector that can be monitored
during a
line/flange break to ensure there is not loss of level and thus pulling
outside air into
the reactor.
2) Install a valve prior to the number one crystallizer to maintain a
liquid full reactor.
3) visually verify the overflowing of water from all nozzles and vents to
ensure a
liquid full reactor.

Issued

May 15, 2001

Abate by

Jun 18, 2001

Penalty

Initial $1,875 · Current $1,875