Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 009 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.119(g)(1)(i): The employer did not train each employee in an overview of the process: (a) At the establishment the employer had not provided effective training over the standard operating procedures in that during the toxic chemical vapor leak on October 21, 2016, operators left the control room unoccupied during an emergency evacuation and did not shut down the processes. (b) At the establishment the employer had not provided training to Specialty Starch operators to shut down the air handling equipment that was pressurizing the control room. Toxic vapors entered the control room on October 21, 2016 through the pressurized equipment causing the Specialty Starch operators to evacuate into the toxic vapor cloud outside the building. Employees were exposed to release of volatile organic compounds (VOC)s to atmosphere that historically result in explosion, fire, and health hazards leading to injury and death to employees in the workplace.