Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 003 Hazard: CHEMICAL

SECTION 5(A)(1) OF THE OCCUPATONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 1970: THE EMPLOYER DID NOT FURNISH EMPLOYMENT AND A PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT WHICH WERE FREE FROM RECOGNIZED HAZARDS THAT WER ECAUSING OR LIKELY TO CAUSE DEATH OR SERIOUS PHYSICAL HARM TO EMPLOYEES IN THAT EMPLOYEES WERE EXPOSED TO THE RECOGNIZED HAZARD OF FIRE/EPLOSION AND EXPOSURE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. SPECIFICALLY: A) EMPLOYEES WERE EXPOSED TO FIRE/EXPLOSION AND TOXIC CHEMICAL EXPOSURE HAZARDS OF HYDROGEN AND AMMONIA WHERE PROCESS VESSELS, SUCH AS BUT NOT NECESSARILY LIMITED TO HORTON SPHERE #2, AMMONIA SEPARATOR #050-SE-114, AMMONIA SEPARATOR #050-SE-116, AMMONIA SEPARATOR #050-SE-110, AND AMMONIA FLASH TANK #050-FT-291, WERE NOT INSPECTED FOR CORROSION (INCLUDING STRESS CRACKING) ON A REGULAR BASIS AND FOR WHICH CORROSION INSPECTION RECORDS WERE NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED. AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD WOULD INCLUDE: ESTABLISH AN INSPECTION PROGRAM SUCH AS THAT STIPULATED BY API 510-1989 AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE'S PRESSURE VESSEL INSPECTION CODE. ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE INSPECTION PROGRAM WOULD INCLUDE: 1) INSPECTION FREQUENCIES, AND METHODOLOGY IN DETERMINING INTERVALS: A) GENERALLY, A MAXIMIM INTERVAL FOR INTERNAL INSPECTION OF PRESSURE VESSEL IS 10 YEARS OR ONE HALF THE CORROSION LIFE, WHICH EVER IS LESS 2) MAINTAIN PERMANENT AND PROGRESSIVE CORROSION INSPECTION RECORDS.