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

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. 29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(i): Steps for each operating phase: 29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(i)(D):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. The employer failed to develop, document and implement PSM compliant operating procedures for emergency shutdown for the covered process operations that included electrolyte material supply from the CESS storage area, process piping distribution to the MCB cabinet, process piping to Buffer Tank cabinets at the packaging line and electrolyte filling in the packaging line. The employer had not developed, documented and implemented an operating procedure for emergency shutdown that included the process specific information required by 1910.119(f)(1)(ii), (iii) and (iv). Employees working on and in the vicinity of equipment containing highly hazardous chemicals are exposed to fire, explosion and contact hazards.