OSHA Inspection: BAYER MATERIAL SCIENCE LLC

Issued

2013-07-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1050(d)(1)(i): Appropriate portions of the written emergency plan were not implemented in the event of an emergency:   The employer did not implement portions of the written emergency plan when the loss of MDA containment occurred on or around January 15, 2013 at the Bayer MaterialScience facility in Baytown, Texas when the company did not:   (a) clear employees from impacted areas   (b) activate the EOC for an emergency occurring in the plant

Issued

2013-07-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1732

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1050(i)(1): Where employees were subject to dermal exposure to methylenedianiline, where liquids containing methylenedianiline could have been splashed into the eyes, or where airborne concentration of methylenedianiline were in excess of the PEL, the employer did not ensure the employee used the appropriate protective work clothing and equipment to prevent contact with methylenedianiline:   On or around January 15, 2013 the employer did not ensure employees used the appropriate work clothing and equipment to prevent contact with methylenedianiline (MDA) when a large release occurred from process piping in the MDA tank farm area of its Baytown facility and MDA was carried outside the established regulated area.

Issued

2013-07-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1050(l)(2): The employer did not institute a program for detecting spills of methylenedianiline:  The employer did not institute a program to check for spills of liquid and solid methylenedianiline outside of the permanently established regulated area on the Bayer MaterialScience Baytown facility when the loss of containment occurred on the circulating line in the MDA tank farm on or around January 15, 2013.

Issued

2013-07-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $70000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1050(f)(1)(ii): The employer did not establish regulated areas where employees were subject to dermal exposure to methylenedianiline:   On or around January 15, 2013, when MDA was released from piping in the MDA tank farm at its Baytown, Texas facility and not contained within the permanently established Regulated Area, the employer did not establish the areas where the released MDA was strewn as regulated areas. In these areas, employees were subject to dermal exposure to methylenedianiline.

Issued

2013-07-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1732

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1050(d)(2): Means were not implemented to promptly alert those employees who had the potential to be directly exposed to methylenedianiline in the event of an emergency:  On or about January 15, 2013, at the Bayer MaterialScience facility in Baytown, Texas the employer failed to alert employees and did not declare an emergency when a flange in the process piping of the MDA loading loop, which was in MDA service, failed to keep containment and released more than 10,000 pounds of MDA. MDA was released to areas outside of the permanently regulated area of the MDA tank farm.