OSHA Inspection: AMTEC CORPORATION

Issued

Apr 4, 2023

Abate by

Apr 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $15,469 · Current $15,469

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.119(d)(3)(i)(A): The employer did not complete a compilation of process safety information pertaining to the material of construction of  equipment in the process:  (a)AMTEC Corporation DBA Tech Ord at 47600 180th Street in Clear Lake, SD 57226: On or about and at times prior to October 10, 2022, the employer did not ensure all required process safety information pertaining to the equipment in the process  was compiled, including materials of construction of process equipment such as  but not limited to Aegis boxes, transport vehicles, forklifts, containers and ammunition boxes/cans,  before  the process hazards analysis for Process Hazards Analysis for Bulk Material Handling PHA 0015 Rev D September 2018 was conducted.

Issued

Apr 4, 2023

Abate by

Apr 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.119(d)(3)(i)(F): Design codes and standards pertaining to the equipment in the process were not compiled before conducting any process safety analysis required by this standard:  (a)AMTEC Corporation DBA Tech Ord at 47600 180th Street in Clear Lake, SD 57226: On or about and at times prior to October 10, 2022, the employer did not ensure all required process safety information pertaining to the equipment in the process  was compiled, including design codes and standard pertaining to the process equipment including but not limited to Aegis boxes, transport vehicles, forklifts, containers and ammunition boxes/cans,  before  the process hazards analysis for Process Hazards Analysis for Bulk Material Handling PHA 0015 Rev D September 2018 was conducted.

Issued

Apr 4, 2023

Abate by

Apr 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.119(d)(3)(i)(H): Process safety information pertaining to the equipment in the process did not include the safety systems (e.g., interlocks, detection or suppression systems):  (a)AMTEC Corporation DBA Tech Ord at 47600 180th Street in Clear Lake, SD 57226: On or about and at times prior to October 10, 2022, the employer did not ensure all required process safety information pertaining to the equipment in the process  was compiled, including safety systems of process equipment such as  but not limited to Aegis boxes and ammunition boxes/cans,  before  the process hazards analysis for Process Hazards Analysis for Bulk Material Handling PHA 0015 Rev D September 2018 was conducted.

Issued

Apr 4, 2023

Penalty

Initial $15,469 · Current $12,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.119(e)(5): The employer did not establish a system to promptly address the PHA team's findings and recommendations:  (a)AMTEC Corporation DBA Tech Ord at 47600 180th Street in Clear Lake, SD 57226: On or about and at times prior to October 10, 2022, the company did not promptly address recommendations related to manual rebowling of primary explosives covered in the Process Hazards Analysis Report for Primary Explosive Processing PHA 0046.

Issued

Apr 4, 2023

Abate by

Apr 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $15,469 · Current $15,469

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.119(f)(1)(i)[B]: 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 and did not address normal operations:  (a)AMTEC Corporation DBA Tech Ord at 47600 180th Street in Clear Lake, SD 57226: On or about and at times prior to October 10, 2022, the employer did not ensure that the Energetic Material Handling Procedure 700003 Revision Y provided clear instructional steps for safely conducting  manual transportation of dry primary explosives.

Issued

Apr 4, 2023

Abate by

Apr 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(ii): 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 that addressed operating limits:  (a)AMTEC Corporation DBA Tech Ord at 47600 180th Street in Clear Lake, SD 57226: On or about and at times prior to October 10, 2022, the employer did not ensure that the Energetic Material Handling Procedure 700003 Revision Y included operating limits of energetic materials, types and quantities, that can be handled in ammunition cans.

Issued

Apr 4, 2023

Abate by

Apr 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.119(f)(1)(ii)(A):The employer did not develop and implement written operating procedures that addressed the consequences of deviations from the operating limits in the covered process:  (a)AMTEC Corporation DBA Tech Ord at 47600 180th Street in Clear Lake, SD 57226: On or about and at times prior to October 10, 2022, the employer did not include all relevant consequence of deviations from load limits identified in the operating procedure Energetic Material Handling Procedure 700003 Revision Y.

Issued

Apr 4, 2023

Abate by

Apr 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $15,469 · Current $12,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.119(g)(1)(i):The employer did not ensure employees were trained, when involved in operating a process and prior to being involved in operating a newly assigned process, in an overview of the process and in the operating procedures as specified in paragraph (f) of this section including emphasis on the specific safety and health hazards, emergency operations and safe work practices applicable to the employee's job task:  (a)AMTEC Corporation DBA Tech Ord at 47600 180th Street in Clear Lake, SD 57226: On or about and at times prior to October 10, 2022, the employer did not ensure employees working in the dry houses had received training on Dry House Procedure 700002 Revision G. This condition exposed employee to fire and explosion hazards.  (b)AMTEC Corporation DBA Tech Ord at 47600 180th Street in Clear Lake, SD 57226: On or about and at times prior to October 10, 2022, the employer did not ensure employees handling energetic materials had received training on Energetic Material Handling Procedure 700003 Revision Y.

Issued

Apr 4, 2023

Abate by

Apr 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 preparing a record which contained the identity of the employee, the date of training, and the means used to verify that the employee understood the training:  (a)AMTEC Corporation DBA Tech Ord at 47600 180th Street in Clear Lake, SD 57226: On or about and at times prior to October 10, 2022, the employer did not document the means used to verify that the employee understood the training when using TKOFM 7.2-2 Revision H.

Issued

Apr 4, 2023

Abate by

Apr 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $11,050 · Current $5,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(g)(2)(viii): The chemical manufacturer did not ensure that all relevant permissible exposure limits were included in Section 8, Exposure controls/personal protection, of the chemical safety data sheets.  (a)AMTEC Corporation DBA Tech Ord at 47600 180th Street in Clear Lake, SD 57226: On or about and at times prior to October 10, 2022, the employer did not ensure permissible exposure limits for inorganic lead salts were listed in Section 8 on the safety data sheet for Lead Azide MSDS E-800 Revision Date 05/24/2022.   (b)AMTEC Corporation DBA Tech Ord at 47600 180th Street in Clear Lake, SD 57226: On or about and at times prior to October 10, 2022, the employer did not ensure permissible exposure limits for inorganic lead salts were listed in Section 8 on the safety data sheet for NOL-130 Priming Composition MSDS E-892 Revision Date 03/02/2020.