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29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(iii)(B):The employer failed to ensure that the Process Safety Management Standard Operating Procedures included clear instruction of safety and health considerations including precautions necessary to prevent exposure, such as engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment: a)AMTEC Corporation dba Tech Ord, a Division of AMTEC Corporation at 47600 180th Street, Clear Lake, SD 57226: On or about and at times prior to March 18, 2024, the employer did not ensure the Assembly Procedure Electronic Detonator P/N 214044 Document Number 714044 Revision M-REDLINE Operation 6: Ignition Assembly Insertion included a clear prohibition on handling the body of the electronic detonator by hand during the covered process. Direct handling of the detonator body by an operator's hand can increase the risk of primary blast injuries in the event of a detonation. This condition increased employees' exposure to primary blast injuries in the event of a detonation. As a result an operator suffered primary blast injuries because of directly handling of the electronic detonator body. b)AMTEC Corporation dba Tech Ord, a Division of AMTEC Corporation at 47600 180th Street, Clear Lake, SD 57226: On or about and at times prior to March 18, 2024, the employer did not ensure the Assembly Procedure Electronic Detonator P/N 214044 Document Number 714044 Revision M-REDLINE Operation 6: Ignition Assembly Insertion included a clear instruction on the use of equipment intended to allow indirect handling of the electronic detonator body, e.g. tweezers, holder die, withing operational steps the covered process. Direct handling of the detonator body by an operator's hand can increase the risk of primary blast injuries in the event of a detonation. This condition increased employees exposure to primary blast injuries in the event of a detonation. As a result an operator suffered primary blast injuries because of directly handling of the electronic detonator body. c)AMTEC Corporation dba Tech Ord, a Division of AMTEC Corporation at 47600 180th Street, Clear Lake, SD 57226: On or about and at times prior to March 18, 2024, the employer did not ensure the Assembly Procedure Electronic Detonator P/N 214044 Document Number 714044 Revision M-REDLINE Operation 6: Ignition Assembly Insertion included a clear prohibition on the use of non-electrostatic dissipative or conductive gloves during the covered process. Operator use of gloves when handling electronic detonators can impede electrostatic dissipation controls. This condition increased employees' exposure to primary blast injuries in the event of a detonation. As a result an employee suffered partial loss of two fingers as well as other injuries after a electronic detonator detonated during handling when the operator was wearing gloves. d)AMTEC Corporation dba Tech Ord, a Division of AMTEC Corporation at 47600 180th Street, Clear Lake, SD 57226: On or about and at times prior to March 18, 2024, the employer did not ensure the Assembly Procedure Electronic Detonator P/N 214044 Document Number 714044 Revision M-REDLINE included instruction on the review of the condition and functionality of electrostatic dissipative chairs when employees performed work sitting at workstations. Both non-electrostatic dissipative chairs and electrostatic dissipative chairs missing grounding chains were observed in Building 122. Use of non-electrostatic dissipative chairs or use of non-functioning electrostatic dissipative chairs can impede dissipation of static charge in the system. The accumulation of static charge to dangerous level can expose employees to fire and explosion hazards.