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

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(iii)(C): The employer failed to ensure that the Process Safety Management Standard Operating Procedures included safety and health consideration such as control measures to be taken if physical contact or airborne exposure occurs: a) FRIGO Engine Room and Freezers: On or about 10/1/2021, the employer's operating procedure titled Frigo Pak Compressors for A-B-C Freezers (When Operating the Frigo-PAK System) Standard Operating Procedure, SOP No 4 did not list the steps to be taken by the refrigeration techs if physical contact or airborne exposure to anhydrous ammonia occurs. Failure to include these steps in the operating procedures can result in insufficient knowledge and inadequate protection of employees during a release. b) Cold Storage, Engine and Pump Room: On or about 10/1/2021, the employer's The operating procedure titled Cold Storage Number 1 Standard Operating Procedure No 5, did not list the steps to be taken by the refrigeration techs if physical contact or airborne exposure to anhydrous ammonia occurs. Failure to include these steps in the operating procedures can result in insufficient knowledge and inadequate protection of employees during a release. c) Cold Storage, Engine and Pump Room: On or about 10/1/2021, the employer's operating procedure titled Cold Storage Number 2 Standard Operating Procedure No 6, did not list the steps to be taken by the refrigeration techs if physical contact or airborne exposure to anhydrous ammonia occurs. Failure to include these steps in the operating procedures can result in insufficient knowledge and inadequate protection of employees during a release. d) Cold Storage, Engine and Pump Room: On or about 10/1/2021, the employer's operating procedure titled Cold Storage Number 3 Standard Operating Procedure No 7, did not list the steps to be taken by the refrigeration techs if physical contact or airborne exposure to anhydrous ammonia occurs. Failure to include these steps in the operating procedures can result in insufficient knowledge and inadequate protection of employees during a release. e) House Engine Room and FRIGO: On or about 10/1/2021, the employer's operating procedure titled Engine Room Standard Operating Procedure, No 8, did not list the steps to be taken by the refrigeration techs if physical contact or airborne exposure to anhydrous ammonia occurs. Failure to include these steps in the operating procedures can result in insufficient knowledge and inadequate protection of employees during a release. f) House Engine Room and FRIGO Engine Room: On or about 10/1/2021, the employer's operating procedure titled Oil Draining For Liquid Pumps and Oil Pots Standard Operating Procedure, SOP No. 13, did not list the steps to be taken by the refrigeration techs if physical contact or airborne exposure to anhydrous ammonia occurs. Failure to include these steps in the operating procedures can result in insufficient knowledge and inadequate protection of employees during a release. Pursuant to 29 CFR 1903.19, the employer must submit abatement certification and documentation, required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.