AUGUSTA, GA ·
OSHA Inspection: INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
Referral inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral health inspection of INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC. in 3005 INTERNATIONAL BOULEVARD, AUGUSTA, GA 30906 (NAICS 311930). OSHA activity number 339674822.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
- Site address
- 3005 INTERNATIONAL BOULEVARD
- City
- AUGUSTA
- State
- GA
- ZIP
- 30906
- Mailing
- 521 WEST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10019
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 311930
- Employees
- 43
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.119 E07
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.119(e)(7): Employer did not retain process hazards analyses and updates or revalidations for each process covered by this section, as well as the documented resolution of recommendations described in paragraph (e)(5) of this section for the life of the process. On or about April 8, 2014 the employer did not maintain records of resolution of recommendations from process hazard analysis audits related to the production of 3M3P in Plant One. The site's 2013 audit team documented that it was unable to determine the revalidation status of the PHA's.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $7000
1910.119 F01 I G
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(i)(G): The employer did not develop and implement written operating procedures that provide clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each covered process consistent with the process safety information in that the employer did not address the startup after an emergency shutdown. On or about April 8, 2014 the employer did not develop specific procedures for process startup after emergency shutdown for equipment in Plant One affected by Acetaldehyde in process and storage including but not limited to 3M3P production.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $7000
1910.119 J02
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.119(j)(2): The employer did not establish and implement written procedures to maintain the on-going integrity of process equipment. On or about April 7, 2014 the employer did not develop and implement written procedures to maintain the on-going integrity of process equipment and did not include process piping, valves, and hoses in process safety inspection and testing practices.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $7000
1910.119 J04 I
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.119(j)(4)(i): The employer did not perform inspections and tests on process equipment. On or about April 8, 2014 inspections and testing were not performed on all covered process piping, valves and vessels for the Plant One equipment involved in production of 3M3P. Excluded equipment included, but was not limited to, piping and valves not used solely for the transfer of acetaldehyde.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $0
1910.119 L01
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2014
- Abate by
- Sep 11, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.119(l)(1): The employer did not establish and implement written procedures to manage changes (except for "replacements in kind") to process chemicals, technology, equipment, and procedures; and, changes to facilities that affect a covered process. On or about April 8, 2014 the employer did not establish and implement written procedures to manage process change at Plant One for the addition of "new" sulfuric acid to spent sulfuric acid in vessel 200-V-111A before such addition was made.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $7000
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 339674822.
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