OSHA Inspection: DSM NEORESINS INC.

Issued

2011-01-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2250.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(e)(3)(i):  The process hazard analysis did not address the
hazards of the
process:
(a) Solvent manufacturing area: The process hazard analysis did not
address the hazards of
forklifts operating in the areas under and adjacent to the process
reactors, on or about 12-1-10.
(b) Solvent manufacturing area: The process hazard analysis did not
address the hazards of the
reactor bottom valve being inadvertently opened during all of the phases
of the manufacturing
process, on or about 12-1-10.

Issued

2011-01-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2250.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(i)(B):  The employer's written operating procedures
covering the steps
for each operating phase did not address normal operations:
(a) Solvent manufacturing area: The employer's written operating
procedures for normal
operations did not address procedural steps involved in the operation of
the reactor bottom valve,
on or about 12-1-10.

Issued

2011-01-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-01-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.176(a):  Permanent aisles or passageways were not
appropriately marked:
(a) Solvent manufacturing area: The permanent aisles of the solvent
manufacturing area were
not appropriately marked, on or about 12-1-10.

Issued

2011-01-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-02-04 00:00:00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(iii): The employer did not include in the program
fit testing procedures
for tight-fitting respirators:
Establishment: The employer did not include in the written respiratory
protection program up-to-
date fit testing procedures for tight-fitting respirators, on or about
12-1-10.

Issued

2011-01-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-02-04 00:00:00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(2):  The educational program to familiarize employees
with the general
principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with
incipient stage fire fighting was
not provided to all employees upon initial employment, and at least
annually thereafter:
(a) Establishment: The fire extinguisher educational program was not
provided to employees at
least annually, on or about 12-1-10.,