Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(iii)(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 that addressed health and safety considerations, such as precautions necessary to prevent exposure, including engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment: a) Aramids Phosgene unit 1074: The employer did not implement their written operating procedures for line breaks, Chambers Works Safety How Chapter K-33, when they failed to include the use of an elephant trunk vacuum system at the point of a line break on process equipment containing phosgene. A contractor working in the building, in the vicinity of the operation involving the line break, was exposed to phosgene resulting in observation at a hospital, on or about 10/13/16. NOTE: IN ADDITION TO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION, THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS ITEM. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1000.00 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19.