OSHA Inspection: FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION, TEXAS

Issued

2013-11-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $7000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(D): The energy control procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the requirements for testing a machine or equipment to determine and verify the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices, and other energy control measures:  In the HDPE Number 1 Unit, for scheduled project work occuring around the ethylene purification section (C-212 B), the employer in its Procedure 11 - "Hazardous Energy Control" (09/2011), including Attachment "A" - "Lock, Tag Try Log Sheet", did not address the hazards of re-accumulation of hazardous energy (chemical, high pressure) in this process equipment while employees performed permitted work on or around this equipment.

Issued

2013-11-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(5)(ii): Where there was a possibility of re-accumulation of stored energy to a hazardous level, verification of isolation was not continued until the servicing or maintenance was completed, or until the possibility of such accumulation no longer existed:  In the HDPE Number 1 Unit, for scheduled project work occuring around the ethylene purification section (C-212 B), the employer did not address the hazards of re-accumulation of hazardous energy (chemical, high pressure) in this process equipment while employees performed permitted work on or around this equipment.