Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: OTHER

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: 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 serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to: a) The employer did not conduct safety audits that included a process hazard review of the Train III (three) section of the K-Resin plant. This condition could be corrected by addressing safety factors in, for example: 1) Conducting a general hazard and operability study (HAZOP), a structured method of systematically investigating each element of a process design, to identify all of the ways in which deviations can occur from intended design parameters to create hazards of operability problems. Addressing conditions which influence the performance of human operators, maintenance staff, technicians, and other personnel in the plant. 2) Evaluation of mechanical features of the job design that are likely to produce significant human error, the effect of design modification on operator performance, and identify the source of observed human error and identify human factors that could result in accident event sequences. This review should result in a systematic listing of the (1) types of errors likely to be encountered during normal or emergency operation, (2) factors contributing to such errors, and (3) proposed system modifications to reduce the likelihood of such errors. 3) Perform final inspection of construction conformance of design prior to initial start-up. Ensure that unit has specific standard operating procedures (SOP) in the form of proper operating instructions.