OSHA Inspection: TRI-STATE GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION ASSOCIATION- NUCLA STATION

Issued

2014-09-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4250.00 · Current $4250.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(d)(2)(i)(D): Information concerning the technology of the process did not include safe upper and lower limits for such items as temperatures, pressures, flows or compositions:    1) On August 11, 2014, and at prior times, the employers process safety information pertaining to the cooling tower water chlorination system did not include safe upper and lower limits in the following instances:      a) The process safety information did not include safe upper and lower temperature, pressure, and flow rates for the regulators.      b) The process safety information did not include safe upper and lower operating temperatures for the drip leg heater.      c) The process safety information did not include safe upper and lower flow rates and vacuum/pressure levels for the chlorination lines.

Issued

2014-09-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3)(i)(B):  Information pertaining to the equipment in the process did not include accurate piping and instrument diagrams (P&IDs):    1) On August 11, 2014, and at prior times, the employers piping and instrument diagrams were not accurate in that vacuum gauges installed on the chlorination lines were not identified on the P&ID.

Issued

2014-09-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4250.00 · Current $4250.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3)(iii): The employer did not document that equipment complied with recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices:       1) On August 11, 2014, and at prior times, the employer failed to ensure that chlorine monitors that would detect releases of hazardous levels of chlorine were installed in the area of the cooling tower water chlorination system, in accordance with recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices such as the Chlorine Institute Pamphlet 155, section 4.4.3, and in accordance with the chlorine regulator manufacturers recommendation.

Issued

2014-09-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(g)(3):  The employer did not ascertain that each employee involved in operating a process had received and understood the training required by this paragraph:  1) On August 11, 2014, and at prior times, the employer did not verify that operators understood the operating procedures training that they had received.