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

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1): The employer shall 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: (a) At the facility, the employer failed to provide to employees connecting chlorine cylinders to the process written operating procedures providing clear instructions addressing the following elements: 1) temporary operations 2) emergency operations 3) start-up following an emergency shut down 4) operating limits 5) consequences of deviations 6) steps required to correct deviations (b) At the facility the employer did not develop written operating procedures that provided clear instructions to safely operate the evaporators, for all chlorine operators. (c) At the facility the employer did not develop written operating procedures that provided clear instructions to safely change out chlorine tubes that are inserted into the molten metal at the furnaces. Employee(s) were exposed to the release of chlorine compounds to the atmosphere that can lead to injury or death to persons working at the facility.