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Violation Detail

Standard Cited: 19100119 F04 Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals.

Inspection Nr: 314511064

Citation: 01003

Citation Type: Serious

Abatement Status: X

Initial Penalty: $4,250.00

Current Penalty: $4,250.00

Issuance Date: 09/13/2012

Nr Instances: 7

Nr Exposed: 30

Abatement Date: 12/31/2012

Gravity: 05

Report ID: 0855610

Contest Date:

Final Order:

Related Event Code (REC):

Emphasis:

**Penalty and Failure to Abate Event History**
Type	Latest Event	Event Date	Penalty	Abatement Due Date	Citation Type
Penalty	P: Petition to Mod Abatement	10/02/2012	$4,250.00	12/31/2012	Serious
Penalty	I: Informal Settlement	10/02/2012	$4,250.00	10/09/2012	Serious
Penalty	Z: Issued	09/13/2012	$4,250.00	10/09/2012	Serious

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

1910.119(f)(4)* The employer shall develop and implement safe work practices to provide for the control of hazards during operations such as lockout/tagout; confined space entry; opening process equipment or piping; and control over entrance into a facility by maintenance, contractor, laboratory, or other support personnel. These safe work practices shall apply to employees and contractor employees: The employer developed, but failed to properly implement hot work procedures/safe work practices. Attendants were not maintaining an accurate count of authorized entrants (Not all entrants were signing out on permits and attendant did not sign entrants out once work complete and entrants no longer in permitted confined spaces. Ancillary Reference: 1910.146(i)(3)* Duties of attendants. The employer shall ensure that each attendant: Continuously maintains an accurate count of authorized entrants in the permit space and ensures that the means used to identify authorized entrants under paragraph (f)(4) of this section accurately identifies who is in the permit space:

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