Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 005C 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 considerations such as control measures to be taken if physical contact or airborne exposure occurs. a) Chlorine Storage Building: The operating procedure titled Chlorine Training Program, Program "C", did not list the steps to be taken if physical contact or airborne exposure to chlorine occurs, on or about 1/21/2021. b) Production: The operating procedure titled Chlorine Standard Operating Procedures, Program "E", Metal Pumps/Chlorine Injection System/Plumbing at Furnace, did not list the steps to be taken if physical contact or airborne exposure to chlorine occurs, on or about 1/21/2021. c) Production: The operating procedure titled Chlorine Standard Operating Procedures, Program "G", Purging of Chlorine System for Shutdown Periods, did not list the steps to be taken if physical contact or airborne exposure to chlorine occurs, on or about 1/21/2021. d) Facility: The operating procedure titled Chlorine Standard Operating Procedures, Program "H", and Operation: Receiving/Return of 2000 lb. Chlorine Cylinders, did not list the steps to be taken if physical contact or airborne exposure to chlorine occurs, on or about 1/21/2021. e) Chlorine Storage Building: The operating procedure titled Chlorine Standard Operating Procedures, Program "I", Operation: Evaporator System Basic Operation and Maintenance, did not list the steps to be taken if physical contact or airborne exposure to chlorine occurs, on or about 1/21/2021. NOTE: THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1000.00 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19.