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

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(4): The employer did not 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: a) In the 13, 14 Battery Transfer Area Pad Valve Pit, on or about August 11, 2025 - The employer did not develop and implement safe work practices such as lockout/tagout for the control of chemical energy while employees cleaned the seat of 13 Pad Valve with water when cryogenically-processed coke oven gas was present in the valve and Underfire lines. This exposed employees washing the valve, as well as other employees working on or adjacent to the 13, 14 Battery Transfer Area to an explosion when 13 Pad Valve ruptured during washing and released cryogenically-processed coke oven gas from the Underfire lines.