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

29 CFR 1910.119(d): The employer did not complete a compilation of written process safety information pertaining to the equipment in the process: (a) Employee(s) working inside the Specialty Starch control room located at 1200 Gasoline Alley were exposed to toxic vapors due to no design codes or standards being used for the pressurized control room. (b) At the establishment the employer had not established safe upper and lower limits for temperature and pressures for the propylene oxide transfer hose that was connected to the piping portal at the unloading station at the Specialty Starch building. (c) No retirement thickness measurements were included in the process safety information for phosphorus oxychloride or propylene oxide piping lines at the Specialty Starch building. (d) No manufacturer design pressures or temperatures were included in the process safety information for the Propylene Oxide day tank. Employees were exposed to release of volatile organic compounds (VOC)s to atmosphere that historically result in explosion, fire, and health hazards leading to injury and death to employees in the workplace.