Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3)(ii): The employer did not document that equipment complies with recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices: Employees engaged in operating, inspecting, testing, and maintaining activities or performing other critical operations before evacuating such as turning valves on the roof to isolate leaks on the floor at the covered process equipment on the roof top of the Old Fab area and the engine rooms were exposed to catastrophic release of ammonia which results in asphyxiation, explosion and flash fire leading to death and injury to persons in and near the facility in that the employer fails to document and implement compliance with recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices for the marking/labeling of Ammonia refrigeration piping and system components. The following was noted during the walk around: (a) Two (2) valves for Frick HS-9 Compressor by the HSS VAP Ammonia Low above the HS09 valve inside the engine room 2 were missing the Tag Identifications. (b) Eleven (11) valves for suction side on the roof by the Old Fab area showing Identification Tags with marker was observed fading out and could not be read, or broken in pieces. (c) One (1) isolation valve for suction line low side on the roof by the Old Fab area missing a hand-wheel. (d) Three (3) valves for liquid side on the roof by the Old Fab area were missing the Tag Identifications. 29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1) requires certification and documentation that the abatement of the above violation is complete.