Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 014D Hazard: BURNS

Section 6(a) of the Puerto Rico Occupational Safety and Health Act: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to: Seccion 6(a) de la Ley de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo de Puerto Rico: El patrono no proveyo empleo y un sitio de empleo libre de riesgos reconocidos que esten causando o que puedan causar muerte o dano fisico a los empleados, por cuanto empleados estaban expuestos a: API 653 - April 2009 Cover steel storage tanks built to API 650 and its predecessor API 12C. It provides minimum requirements for maintaining the integrity of such tanks after they have been placed in service and addresses inspection, repair, alteration, relocation, and reconstruction. a)At Caribbean Petroleum Refining in Bayamon (CAPECO), employees that worked performing routine task such as tank operator,waste treatment operator,loading rack operator, among others were or could be exposed to flammable and combustible release, fire and or explosionduring the performance of there duties. At the tank farm area the employer did not inspected all atmospheric tanks in which they stored gasoline, jet fuel, fuel oil, and diesel in above ground tanks, ranging from 500 to 500,000 barrels to ensure the integrity of such tanks after they have been placed in service. See Binder OSHA PRODUCTION Document Request February 18, 2010 tab 13 Storage Tanks Mechanical Inspection record. See Binder 3 tab 2b OSHA PRODUCTION No. 2 11/20/09 Monthly inspection Checklist for Bulk Storage Tanks page 356, 359, and 362. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is: 1.Follow API 653 - 6.3.3.2 When used, the ultrasonic thickness measurements shall be made at intervals not to exceed the following: a.When the corrosion rate is not known, the maximum interval shall be five years. Corrosion rates may be estimated from tanks in similar service based on thickness measurements taken at an interval not exceeding five years. b.When the corrosion rate is known, the maximum interval shall be the smaller of RCA/2N years (where RCA is the difference between the measured shell thickness and the minimum required thickness in mils, and N is the shell corrosion rate in mils per year) or 15 years. API 653 - Abril 2009 Abarca tanques de almacenamiento de acero construidos deacuerdo al API 650 y su antecesor API 12C. Este provee requisitos minimos para el mantenimiento de la integridad de dichos tanques despues de haber sido puestos en servicio y trata inspecciones, reparaciones, alteraciones, relocalizaciones y reconstrucciones. a)En "Caribbean Petroleum Refining" en Bayamon (CAPECO), empleados que trabajaban realizando tareas rutinarias tales como operador de tanque, operador de tratamiento de aguas, operador de area de carga, entre otras fueron o podrian haber sido expuestos a liberacion de productos quimicos inflamables, combustible, fuego y/o explosion durante el desempeno de sus deberes. En la granja de tanque el patrono no inspecciono todos los tanques atmosfericos, donde se almacenaba en tanques sobre el terreno gasolina, diesel, aceite combustible, combustible para aviones con capacidades que fluctuaban de 500 a 500,000 barriles para garantizar la integridad de estos tanques luego de haber sido puesto en servicio. Ver Carpeta OSHA PRODUCTION Document Request February 18, 2010 tab 13 Storage Tanks Mechanical Inspection record. Ver Carpeta 3 pestana 2b OSHA PRODUCTION No. 2 11/20/09 Monthly inspection Checklist for Bulk Storage Tanks page 356, 359, and 362. Un metodo seguro entre otros metodos aceptables para corregir este riesgo es: 1.Seguir el API 653 - 6.3.3.2 Cuando se utilicen, las medidas de espesor ultrasonicas deben ser hechas a intervalos que no excedan lo siguiente: a.Cuando no se conoce la razon de corrosion el intervalo maximo debe ser cinco anos. Las razones de corrosion pueden ser estimadas de tanques en servicio similar basado en medidas de espesor del armazon tomadas a un intervalo que no exceda 5 anos. b.Cuando se conoce la razon de corrosion, el intervalo maximo debe ser menor que RCA/2N anos (cuando RCA es la diferencia entre las mediciones de espesor del armazon y el espesor minimo requerido en mils, y N es la razon de corrosion del armazon en mils por ano) o 15 anos.