OSHA Inspection: UNITED STATES COLD STORAGE, INC.

Issued

Sep 30, 2019

Abate by

Nov 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $8,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0170

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3)(ii): The employer did not document that equipment complies with recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices.     On or about May 2, 2019, the employer failed to document that equipment complied with recognized and generally good engineering practices (RAGAGEP) for the following:       a. The doors leading from areas such as, but not limited to, the Electrical Room, the Switch Gear 1 Room, and the Fire Pump/Rise Room 1 leading into Engine Room 1 were not tight-fitting (i.e., the design function of tight fitting doors to/from ammonia machine rooms is to act as part of the equipment system to provide a secondary containment for releases of ammonia from equipment in the engine room such that the ammonia does not migrate outside the engine room). The employer failed to document compliance with RAGAGEP such as, but not limited to, IIAR Standard 2 (2014) - Standard for Safe Design of Closed-Circuit Ammonia Refrigeration System, Section 6.10.2. This hazardous condition exposed employees to the hazard of inhalation and burns from ammonia vapors.      Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).