OSHA Inspection: E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO., INC.

Issued

Jul 9, 2015

Abate by

Jun 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(d): The employer did not complete a compilation of written process safety information pertaining to the equipment in the process.    a) This violation was most recently observed on or about January 12, 2015 in the Herbicide Business Unit (HBU) at DuPont Plant located in La Porte, Texas when the employer failed to document and maintain the Process Safety Information (PSI) including the materials of construction for the following process piping:    1. Line # 2" 2511 / 2" 2512 (Extractor Pump Tank Overhead to Vacuum Stripper Column)  2. Line # 2" 3615/ 2" 3615A  (Vacuum Stripper Seal Pot to F3455 Stripped S/T)  3. Line # 3" 3204/2" 3205 (Crystallizer Outlet to Slurry Hold Tank)  4. Line # 3" 3151 (Preheater to Concentrator)    b) This violation was most recently observed on or prior to January 12, 2015 in the Hydrogen Fluoride Unit (HF) at DuPont Plant located in La Porte, Texas when the employer failed to document and maintain the Process Safety Information (PSI) including the materials of construction for the following process piping:   Line # 1526, 2" From Drip Acid Tank Vent to Middle Primary Gas Cooler.

Issued

Jul 9, 2015

Abate by

Jun 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $12,675

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(e)(3)(i): The Process Hazard Analysis did not address the hazards of the process;    On or about January 12, 2015, the employer's process hazard analysis was not appropriate to the complexity of the process in that it did not address and control the hazards of the Hexazinone process. The process hazard analysis did not address potential employee exposure to hazardous chemicals and temperatures resulting from  the atmospheric discharge from pressure relief devices on the CHI Condenser Seal Pot and Vacuum Stripper Seal Pot.

Issued

Jul 9, 2015

Abate by

Jun 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $12,675

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1): The employer did not develop and implement written operating procedures that provided clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each covered process consistent with the process safety information.    a)  This violation was most recently observed on or about January 12, 2015, in the Herbicides (Hexazinone) Business Unit (HBU) at the DuPont Plant located in La Porte, Texas when the employer did not develop and implement written operating procedures  for each operating phase of the Vacuum Stripper Preheater (304-352-21).    b)  On or about January 12, 2015, in the Hydrogen Fluoride Unit (HF) at the DuPont Plant located in La Porte, Texas the employer did not  implement written procedures to maintain on-going integrity of process equipment such as lined process piping (e.g. Teflon-lined piping).

Issued

Jul 9, 2015

Abate by

Jun 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $70,000 · Current $126,749

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(j)(4)(i): Inspections and tests was not performed on process equipment.    On or about January 12, 2015, in the Herbicide Business Unit (HBU) at DuPont Plant located in La Porte, Texas, the employer did not perform inspections and test on process piping, including but not limited to;     1)    Line # 2" 2511 / 2" 2512 (Extractor Pump Tank Overhead to Vacuum Stripper Column)  2)    Line # 2" 3615/ 2" 3615A  (Vacuum Stripper Seal Pot to F3455 Stripped S/T)  3)    Line # 3" 3204/2" 3205 (Crystallizer Outlet to Slurry Hold Tank)  4)    Line # 3" 3151 (Preheater to Concentrator)

Issued

Jul 9, 2015

Abate by

Jun 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $35,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(j)(4)(i): Inspections and tests were not performed on process equipment.    This violation was most recently observed in the Hydrogen Fluoride Unit (HF) at  the DuPont Plant located in La Porte, Texas when inspections and tests were not performed on hydrofluoric acid process piping. The employer did not perform inspections and tests on Line #1526, 2" from the drip acid tank vent to the middle primary gas cooler.     E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co., Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.119(j)(4)(i) which is contained in OSHA Inspection Number 313371924, Citation Number 1, Item  Number 2, issued on July 19, 2010 with respect to a workplace located at 901 West DuPont Ave., Belle, WV. This file became Final Order on August 24, 2010.

Issued

Jul 9, 2015

Abate by

Jun 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $70,000 · Current $126,749

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(j)(4)(ii): Inspection and testing procedures shall follow recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices.     On or about January 12, 2015, in the Herbicides (Hexazinone) Business Unit (HBU) at DuPont Plant located in La Porte, Texas, the employer data did not include t-min/t-required and corrosion rate values as stipulated in RAGAGEP such as API 570.

Issued

Jul 9, 2015

Abate by

Jun 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $70,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(j)(4)(iii): The frequency of inspections and tests of process equipment was not consistent with applicable manufacturers' recommendations and good engineering practices, and more frequently if determined to be necessary by prior operating experience.    On or about January 12, 2015 in the Herbicides (Hexazinone) Business Unit (HBU) at DuPont Plant located in La Porte, Texas,  the employer did not ensure that the frequency of inspections and tests of the Crystallizer (304-326-08) and Vacuum Stripper Preheater (304-352-21) was consistent with applicable manufacturers' recommendations.