Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 003C Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(i)(E): The employer did not develop and implement written operating procedures that provided clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each covered process consistent with the process safety information that addressed emergency operations. For the ammonia process, as observed on or about/between 07/07/2016-08/31/2016, the employer's operating procedures for the ammonia processes did not address emergency operations. The operating procedures for the acid plant, neutralizer, and ammonia bottles did not include what steps are to be followed in emergency operations where operating conditions are outside of safe, established limits. a) Emergency operating procedures were not in place to address how to handle deviations in process operating parameters such as, but not limited to, temperature, pressure, flowrate, and pH level. b) Emergency operating procedures were not in place to address how to handle power failures and the resulting startup from power failures.