Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 002A Hazard: CHEMNEP

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(i): The employer did not develop and implement written operating procedures that provided clear instructions for safety conducting activities in each covered process consistent with the process safety information and which addressed the elements listed in 29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(i)(A) through (f)(1)(i)(G): Facility: The employer failed to have written operating procedures for each operating phase of the process: a. There were no operating procedures for adding ammonia to the system or for defrosting the evaporators; b. The emergency shutdown procedures did not specify the steps to follow to shut down system components and did not ensure that the procedures were done in a safe manner; c. There were no procedures for normal shutdown such as for maintenance on evaporators, condensers, pressure vessels and associated pumps and oil pots, and compressors; d. There were no procedures for startup after a turnaround or an emergency shutdown on evaporators, condensers, pressure vessels and associated pumps and oil pots, and compressors;