Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 005 Hazard: CHEMNEP

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1): The employer did not develop and implement written operating procedures that provide clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each covered process consistent with the process safety information and shall address at least the following elements: steps for each operating phase; operating limits; safety and health considerations; and safety systems and their functions: (a)Hill Air Force Base, at 7290 Weiner Street, Hill Air Force Base, UT: On and preceding 3/16/11, Hill Air Force Base did not develop and implement written operating procedures that provide clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each covered process consistent with the process safety information and shall address at least the following elements: steps for each operating phase; operating limits; safety and health considerations; and safety systems and their functions. The wastewater treatment plant, Building 575, used sulfur dioxide to reduce chromium (VI) to chromium (III). The employer maintained approximately four thousand pounds of liquified sulfur dioxide in the system. Process equipment included, but is not limited to Thatcher Chemical Company one ton containers of liquified sulfur dioxide, Capital Controls Company Inc Evaporator, Capital Controls Company Inc Vacuum Regulator, Capital Controls Company Inc High and Low Vacuum Switches, and Capital Controls Company Inc Injector. The employer did not develop and implement written operating procedures that addressed steps to be undertaken, operating limits, safety and health considerations, and safety systems and their functions. This condition exposed employees to a sulfur dioxide hazard. Abatement Note: Abatement certification is required for this item (See enclosed "Sample Abatement-Certification Letter"). Abatement Note: Elements of steps for each operating phase to include: 1)Initial startup; 2)Normal operations; 3)Temporary operations; 4)Emergency shutdown including the conditions under which emergency shutdown is required, and the assignment of shutdown responsibility to qualified operators to ensure that emergency shutdown is executed in a safe and timely manner. 5)Emergency Operations; 6)Normal shutdown; and, 7)Startup following a turnaround, or after an emergency shutdown. Abatement Note: Elements of operating limits to include: 1)Consequences of deviations; and 2)Steps required to correct or avoid deviations. Abatement Note: Elements of safety and health considerations to include: 1)Properties of, and hazards presented by, the chemicals used in theprocess; 2)Precautions necessary to prevent exposure, including engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment; 3)Control measures to be taken if physical contact or airborne exposure occurs; 4)Quality control for raw materials and control of hazardous chemical inventory levels; and, 5)Any special or unique hazards.