OSHA Inspection: ARCTIC GLACIER USA, INC.

Issued

Mar 10, 2017

Abate by

Mar 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit route(s) were not kept free and unobstructed:    Employees were exposed to physical and health hazards while working in the engine room where the south east exit route was not kept free from clutter or overflow materials.

Issued

Mar 10, 2017

Abate by

Mar 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $9,959 · Current $4,980 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1): The employer shall 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.    The employer did not ensure that the operating procedures were written to provide instruction for safely conducting activities involved in each covered process including, but not limited to each oil drain point and procedures to guide the receipt of ammonia into the system. Operating procedures were not provided for the following specific oil drain point and for inbounding ammonia:                 a)      In the engine room oil drain located at Accumulator VS106;              b)      In the engine room oil drain located at Accumulator VS107;             c)       In the engine room oil drain located at Accumulator VS109;           d)      Guidelines for receiving anhydrous ammonia including but not limited to: receipt of ammonia into the system, verification of material received and physical connection to the system.

Issued

Mar 10, 2017

Abate by

Mar 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $12,675 · Current $12,675

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.   The employer did not ensure that inspections and tests of process equipment are conducted at a frequency consistent with recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices such as IIAR Bulletin 110. Annual visual inspections of un-insulated piping, insulated piping, vessels and heat exchangers and the mechanical conditions of the drives on compressors, are inspected on a quarterly schedule were not performed in accordance with IIAR Bulletin 110. Equipment includes but is not limited to the following:    a)      CPR Pressure Supply line from High pressure Receiver to Control Pressure Receiver VS-102.    b)      Line Recirculated from CPR VS102 to Ice Machine IM101    c)      Line from IM101 to Accumulator VS107   d)      Line from Accumulator VS107 to Compressor RC106D.   e)      Compressor, RC-104   f)       Compressor, RC-106   g)      Compressor, RC-107   h)      Pump 4   i)       Re-circulator/ Control Pressure Receiver, VS102   j)      High Pressure Receiver, VS-101   k)      North Evaporative Condenser, EC-101

Issued

Mar 10, 2017

Abate by

Mar 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $9,959 · Current $4,980 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(n): The employer did not establish and implement an emergency plan for the entire plant in accordance with the provisions of 29 CFR 1910.38     Throughout the facility, employer did not:     a) did not ensure that employees recognized the difference between small and large releases for highly hazardous chemicals.     b) did not review the emergency evacuation procedures with visitors and non-employees.

Issued

Mar 10, 2017

Abate by

Mar 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,975 · Current $2,988 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(ii): The required working space about electrical equipment rated 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground, was in a passageway or general open space and was not suitably guarded when normally enclosed live parts were exposed for inspection or servicing:    The employer does not ensure that the working space around electrical equipment is used for storage. The storage of materials, such as but not limited to, mop bucket, pipes pieces, industrial fans, boxes and ladders adjacent to the electrical panels, inside the engine room in the following electrical panels:     1. Panel Boards inside the engine room marked as #2 (High Voltage 480V)    2. Panel Boards inside the engine room marked as #3 (High Voltage 480V)    3. Panel Boards inside the engine room marked as #4 (High Voltage 480V)    4. Panel Boards inside the engine room marked as #7 (High Voltage 480V)    5. Panel Board marked as Power supply from panel No. 3 (Inlet Water Pump had hammer in ON position.)