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29 CFR 1910.119(o)(4): The employer did not promptly determine and document an appropriate response to each of the findings of the compliance audit, and document that deficiencies have been corrected: Employees engaged in operating, inspecting, testing, and maintaining activities at the covered process equipment on the roof top of the Main Plant and the engine rooms were exposed to catastrophic release of ammonia which results in asphyxiation, explosion and flash fire leading to death and injury to persons in and near the facility in that the findings and recommendations identified in the Compliance Audits of the following appropriate responses were not promptly determined, corrected and documented: a) The employer did not document the corrective actions pending or taken in relation to each of the deficiencies noted from the 2011 PSM Compliance Audit Action Register. There are still 4 items open/not done since 2011 such as findings #2, 4, No-Exc., and #7. b) The employer did not document the corrected deficiencies from the 2014 PSM Compliance Audit Action Register. The audit has uncompleted findings, and the current status is unknown. There are still 18 items open/not done since 2014 such as findings #D, E, G, I, K, M, N, O, P, Q, S, X, Y, Z, AA, GG, HH, and #PP. 29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1) requires certification and documentation that the abatement of the above violation is complete.