Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 011 Hazard: REFINERY

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body shall be provided within the work area for immediate emergency use. NOTE: ANZI-Z358.1-2004: 6.4.2: It is the installer's responsibility to ensure that combination units shall be in accessible locations that require no more than 10 seconds to reach. The combination units shall be located on the same level as the hazard and the path of travel be free of obstructions that may inhibit the immediate use of the equipment. 4.2: The valve shall be resistant to corrosion. (A)Big West Oil Refinery did not provide suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body when employees worked with highly corrosive hydrofluoric acid (HF) in the HF Alkylation Unit at Big West Oil LLC, 333 W. Center St., N. Salt Lake. On 7/7/10, the Compliance Officer observed that the emergency shower's manual actuator of the combination emergency eye wash/shower, located on the east side of the unit, could not be turned on as a possible result of exposure to weather and to the corrosive HF. ANSI Z358.1-2004, Sec 4.2, states that the emergency shower's actuator shall be resistant to corrosion. An employee's exposure to the highly corrosive HF acid could result in serious eye and skin acid burns. Without immediate activation of the emergency eye wash/shower, employee's burns could worsen. (B) Big West Oil Refinery did not provide suitable facilities for the quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body when employees may be exposed to highly corrosive hydrofluoric acid (HF) in the HF Alkylation Unit at Big West Oil LLC, 333 W. Center St., N. Salt Lake. On 7/7/10, the Compliance Officer observed that near the southeast corner of HF Alkylation Unit, the emergency eye wash/shower was located on a higher level requiring an employee to travel up three steps, an additional 15 ft., to reach the emergency eye/shower unit. The location of the combination emergency eye wash/shower station would not meet the requirements of ANSI Z358.1-2004, Sec. 7.4.2 in that the emergency eye wash/shower station was not on the same work level as the employees and the additional distance and time the employee must travel would exceed the maximum time of 10 seconds to reach and use the eye wash/shower station. Additionally, according to ANSI Z358.1-2004, Sec. 6.4.2, any employee exposed to highly corrosive chemical, such as HF, the eye wash/shower station should be immediately adjacent to the hazard. The employee's exposure to the highly corrosive HF acid could result in serious eye and skin burns. Without immediate attention, employee's burns could worsen.e's