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

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(4): The employer did not develop and implement safe work practices for employees and contractor employees to provide for the control of hazards during operations such as lockout/tagout; confined space entry; opening process equipment or piping; and control over entrance into a facility by maintenance, contractor, laboratory, or other support personnel: The employer does not ensure to develop and implement safe work practices for employees and contractor employees to provide for the control of hazards during operations such as lockout/tagout; confined space entry; opening process equipment or piping; and control over entrance into a facility by maintenance, contractor, laboratory, or other support personnel. This violation most recently occurred at the Pasadena Refining Systems Inc. located at 111 Red Bluff Road, in Pasadena, Texas on or about June 30, 2010, and at times thereafter, in the FCCU, Alkyl 1 & 2, in their hot work permit procedures, exposing employees to potential fire and explosion hazards. In the following instances safe work practices were not documented and or implemented in both the FCC and Alkyl 1 & 2 Units hot Work Permits. FCCU 2009 Hot Work Permits a)No. 69974, Vehicle entry into the pump alley where no fire extinguisher was noted on the permit. b)No. 69010, Vehicle entry for North Pad where no fire extinguisher noted on permit. c)No. 69019, Vehicle entry to put in sight glass where no fire extinguisher was noted on permit. d)No. 69874, Vehicle entry where no fire extinguisher was noted on permit and area of acceptance isn't complete by company or contractor. e)No. 68596, Vehicle entry for pump alley to use motorized equipment where no fire extinguisher noted on permit. f) No. 69664, No description of work g)No. 54283, Vehicle entry for pump alley where no fire extinguisher was noted on permit. h)No. 54606, Pull pump vehicle entry where no fire extinguisher was noted on permit. i)No.54262, Vehicle entry for pump alley where no fire extinguisher was noted on permit. j)No. 63263, Vehicle entry for mobile / heavy equipment where no expiration of time was noted on permit and no cold work permit number on permit. k)No. 62673, Welding machine, electrical tools, and weld steam pipe where no cold work permit number was noted on permit, no issue date, and no start or end time. l)No. 62670, Vehicle entry motorize equipment to lift drum to drain where no fire extinguisher was noted on permit. FCC 2010 Hot Work Permit m)No. 70570, Permit issued 7-6-10 to Denver Hill of Austin 08:59-15:30. Permit for chipping concrete with air chipping gun, creating sparks on concrete where fire watch standby is not noted on permit. n)No. 70563, Permit issued 7-1-10 to Denver Hill of Austin 0931-1800. Permit for chipping concrete with air chipping gun, creating sparks on concrete where fire watch standby was not noted on permit. o)No. 70581, Permit issued 7-6-10 to Denver Hill of Austin 08:20-18:00. Permit for chipping concrete with air chipping gun, creating sparks on concrete where a fire watch standby was not noted on permit. p)No. 66258, Permit issued to Chris Kennington of UPS 04/20/2010 01:05-06:00 Vehicle entry for pump alley to use motorized equipment to install pump where no fire extinguisher was noted on permit. q)No. 66255, Permit issued to Jimmy of Turner Brothers crane 04/09/10 13:10- 16:00. Vehicle entry for N. Roadway to operate and set-up crane, motorized vehicles and equipment where no fire extinguisher was noted on permit. r)No. 66253, Vehicle entry for pump alley to remove scaffolding 04/09/10, where no fire extinguisher was noted on the permit. s)No. 63739, Vehicle entry to use drott to bring in pump and install 08/20/10 where no fire extinguisher was noted on the permit. t)No. 65988, Vehicle entry to use drott to install pump 08/19/10, where no fire extinguisher was noted on the permit. u)No. 65486, Vehicle entry for slab area to use forklift 06/03/10, where no fire extinguisher was noted on the permit. v)No. 68013, Vehicle entry to use drott to bring pump into unit to set back in place at FP-4B, where no fire extinguisher was noted on the permit. w)No. 63440, Vehicle entry for motorized equipment and vehicles 03/09/10, where no fire extinguisher noted on the permit. x)No. 65536, Vehicle entry to use crane to install pump at FP-10B 06/23/10, where no fire extinguisher was noted on the permit. Alkyl 2010 Hot Work Permit y)No. 63437, Vehicle entry for motorized equipment and vehicles 03/09/10, where no fire extinguisher was noted on the permit. z)No. 63493, Vehicle entry for motorized equipment and vehicles 03/09/10, where no fire extinguisher was noted on the permit. aa)No. 63784, Unit wide vehicle entry permit for motorized equipment and vehicles 03/21/10, where no fire extinguisher was noted on the permit. ab)No. 63787, Vehicle entry for motorized equipment and vehicles 04/05/10, where no fire extinguisher was noted on the permit. ac)No. 67859, Vehicle entry unit wide for motorize equipment and vehicles 07/03/10, where no fire extinguisher was noted on the permit. ad)No. 65538, Hotwork and vehicle entry to unload KOH into D-12 06/23/10, where no fire extinguisher was noted on the permit. ae)No. 65981, Vehicle entry for motorized equipment forklifts and other combustible equipment use crane 08/13/10 where no fire extinguisher was noted on the permit. af)No. 65983, Vehicle entry for forklifts and other motorized equipment to use for unit wide clean-up 08/14/10, where no fire extinguisher was noted on the permit. ag)No. 68001, Vehicle entry unit wide for motorize equipment and vehicles 01/13/10 where no fire extinguisher was noted on the permit. ah)No. 68002, Vehicle entry unit wide for motorize equipment and vehicles 01/14/10 where no fire extinguisher was noted on the permit. Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date of this citation, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure to develop and implement safe work practices for employees and contractor employees to provide for the control of hazards during operations such as lockout/tagout; confined space entry; hot work; opening process equipment or piping; and control over entrance into a facility by maintenance, contractor, laboratory, or other support personnel.