OSHA Inspection: C & F PACKING COMPANY, INC.

Issued

Nov 9, 2015

Abate by

Jan 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $4,500

Hazardous substances 0170

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(e)(3)(v): The process hazard analysis did not address the hazards related to facility siting:      a)  C & F Packing Company, Inc. - The employer's process hazard analysis (PHA) did not identify appropriate safeguards such as rigid barriers to prevent impact from powered industrial vehicles to process equipment located in the receiving dock including evaporators and piping connected to the ammonia refrigeration system.

Issued

Nov 9, 2015

Abate by

Mar 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $4,500

Hazardous substances 0170

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(e)(5): The employer did not establish a system to promptly address the team's findings and recommendations; assure that the recommendations were resolved in a timely manner with documented resolutions; document the actions that were to be taken; complete actions as soon as possible; develop a written schedule of action completion dates; or communicate the actions to operating maintenance, and other employees working in the process areas or who may have been affected by the recommendations or actions:     a) C & F Packing Company, Inc. - The employer did not establish a system to promptly address the process hazard analysis team's recommendations for the Process Hazard Analysis Revalidation conducted on October 25-31, 2011.     The employer did not resolve and document the following recommendations:      1) Piping systems and valves: 1.2, 1.6, 1.9, 1.15 and 1.23  2) Compressors: 2.5, 2.16  2.17, 2.18, 2.24   3) Condensers: 3.18    4) High and Low Temperature Recirculators: 4.14   5) Thermosyphon Receiver: 5.1   6) Hansen Auto Purger: 6.1and 6.2   7) Evaporators: 7.9, 7.10 and 7.11   8) Glycol Heat Exchangers: 8.1 and 8.2   9) Ammonia Charging to System: 10.3  10) Facility Siting: 11.3       11) Human Factors Affecting the Entire System: 12.2

Issued

Nov 9, 2015

Abate by

Mar 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0170

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(o)(4): The employer did not promptly determine and document an appropriate response to each of the findings of the compliance audit, and document that deficiencies have been corrected:     (a) C & F Packing Company, Inc. -  The employer did not ensure that deficiencies identified during the 2013 Process Safety Management Compliance Audit were promptly resolved and documented.     The following finding/action items were not addressed:    1) #5- Fill out the 2011 PHA revalidation recommended action items.     2) #44- Verify the actual maintenance/inspection frequency against the recommended maintenance, inspection, testing frequency.

Issued

Nov 9, 2015

Abate by

Dec 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0170

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(n): The employer's emergency action plan did not include procedures for handling small releases:   a) C & F Packing  Company, Inc. - The employer did not ensure the emergency action plan (EAP) included procedures to distinguish between small releases/spills and large releases/spills.