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29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area: a) For the Middletown Branch Offices - On or about March 11, 2015, the employer failed to provide the office employees with effective information and training on the physical and health hazards and signs and symptoms of exposure to Chlorine and Sulfur Dioxide upon their initial assignment to positions where exposure and overexposure were possible within their work areas directly adjacent to the railcar quantities of the process chemicals Chlorine and Sulfur Dioxide. b) For the Sulfur Dioxide containing Processes - On or about March 11, 2015, the employer failed to provide employees with effective information and training on the physical and health hazards and signs and symptoms of exposure to Lead, Chlorine and Sulfur Dioxide upon their initial assignment to positions where exposure and overexposure were possible within their work areas. c) For the Chlorine containing Processes - On or about March 11, 2015, the employer failed to provide employees, exposed above the airborne ceiling limit concentration of 1 part per million particles of air (ppm) for chlorine, with effective information and training on the physical and health hazards and signs and symptoms of exposure and overexposure associated with the toxic chemical Lead and the highly hazardous chemicals Chlorine and Sulfur Dioxide upon their initial assignment to positions where exposure and overexposure were possible within their work areas. Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.