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29 CFR 1910.119(l)(5): A change covered by this paragraph resulted in a change in the operating procedures or practices required by paragraph (f) of this section, and such procedures or practices were not updated accordingly: At the Wichita facility the employer the employer did not update current standard operating procedures (SOP) and practices related to the installation and intended use of the emergency shutdown devices (emergency stop buttons) located outside of the engine room. All the current emergency shutdown procedures within the standard operating procedures such as but not limited to the Compressor Vilter #2 (CP2) did not reflect any discussion about the emergency shutdown devices. The SOP procedural steps instruct employees to verify valve conditions, to open, close, or shut valves during operations, or emergency situations. Because of this reason the instructional steps must be clear. Employees and contractors must immediately know what valves to open and close, which P&ID to review, to identity, to work with, what steps to follow, which one to shut down in case of emergency. They have to know when to either stop the flow at the local compressor, or to shut down by pressing the emergency shutdown devices outside of the engine room. Safety systems are critical to ensure that the process remains under control within operating limits, and will shut down under unsafe conditions of temperature, pressure, or flow. Employees engaged in repair, replace, inspection and maintenance activities of covered process equipment at the engine rooms, roof top, and the warehouse, freezer areas were exposed to the hazards of inhalation of toxic ammonia, asphyxiation, chemical burns, and fire.