OSHA Inspection: DOW CHEMICAL TEXAS OPERATIONS

Issued

2014-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $5000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.38(c)(4): Procedures to account for all employees after evacuation;                                                                  This violation was most recently observed on or about May 31, 2014 when the employer did not account for one sub-contractor employee after an emergency evacuation from PDH/PUI construction site due to a chemical gas release from Naphtha Storage Tank V-1901 when the floating roof tilted.

Issued

2014-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $7000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(1): Employer did not follow written emergency action plan in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.38.           On or about May 31, 2014, at the Oyster Creek Construction site, owned by the Dow Chemical facility located in Freeport, Texas, the employer gathered employees and contractors working in an adjacent block in a break tent rather than immediately initiating a full evacuation with horns when the floating roof on V-1901 (Naphtha Feed Storage Tank) tilted resulting in a chemical gas release.