Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 006A Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.119(e)(1): The process hazard analysis was not appropriate to the complexity of the process and did not identify, evaluate, and control the hazards involved in the process: At the facility the employer did not perform an adequate process hazard analysis for the propylene oxide and phosphorus oxychloride processes. The following hazards were not addressed in the employer's hazard analysis: (a) The employer did not perform a process hazard analysis addressing toxic or flammable vapors entering the control room through the pressurized air handling equipment. (b) The employer did not perform a process hazard analysis at the unloading station of the Specialty Starch building where a highly hazardous chemical was transferred to the wrong chemical storage tank by a delivery driver. (c) The employer did not perform a process hazard analysis addressing the location of each piping portal for off loading highly hazardous chemicals at the Specialty Starch building. Employee(s) were exposed to release of extremely flammable / toxic vapors to atmosphere that historically resulted in fire, explosion, and health hazards leading to injury and death to persons in the workplace.