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

29 CFR 1910.119(j)(2): The employer did not establish written procedures to maintain the on-going integrity of process equipment: a) On or about October 3, 2014, at the facility, for employees manufacturing phenol-formaldehyde resins and casting the resin into custom sized balls. The employer had not established written procedures to maintain the on-going integrity of process equipment used to manufacture the resin such as the two pressure vessels, the steam, water and vacuum piping including the valves, the relief system on the Weil Mclain boiler, the emergency shutdown switches for the boiler, the manual steam gauges located on the boiler and in the processing area and the two Kinney vacuum pumps. The employer is covered under 1910.119 because more than 1,000 lbs of formaldehyde were observed in storage on the first floor of the building on October 3, 2014.