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Standard Cited: 19100119 F01 II B Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals.

Inspection Nr: 1463040.015

Citation: 01001D

Citation Type: Serious

Abatement Status: Not Completed - AD Discretion

Initial Penalty: $0.00

Current Penalty: $0.00

Issuance Date: 08/07/2020

Nr Instances: 1

Nr Exposed: 15

Abatement Date: 01/08/2021

Gravity: 10

Report ID: 0134000

Contest Date: 08/28/2020

Final Order: 11/19/2020

Related Event Code (REC):

Emphasis:


Penalty and Failure to Abate Event History
Type Latest Event Event Date Penalty Abatement Due Date Citation Type Failure to Abate Inspection
Penalty F: Formal Settlement 11/19/2020 $0.00 01/08/2021 Serious  
Penalty C: Contested 09/01/2020 $0.00 09/08/2020 Serious  
Penalty Z: Issued 08/07/2020 $0.00 09/08/2020 Serious  

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

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(ii)(B): Written operating procedures providing clear instruction for conducting operations in a covered process safely and consistently with process safety information addressing steps required to correct or avoid deviation from operating limits have not been developed: (a) Location: 9 Opportunity Way, Newburyport, MA 01950 On or about 2/9/20, the employer did not establish written operating procedures that provided clear instruction on steps to correct or avoid deviation for the following operations: a) Written operating procedures did not address steps to correct or avoid deviations for a step in the operating procedures, where vacuum pressure must be relieved to open the handway in order to take a sample. b) Written operating procedures did not address steps to correct or avoid deviation for a step in the operating procedures, where nitrogen pressure must be added in order to keep contaminants out of the vessel while taking a sample.

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