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Standard Cited: 5A0001 OSH Act General Duty Paragraph
| Violation Items | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nr: 314368515 | Citation: 02002 | Issuance: 11/04/2010 | ReportingID: 0418300 | ||
| Viol Type: | Serious | NrInstances: | 1 | Contest Date: | 11/26/2010 |
| Abatement Date: | 11/17/2010 X | Nr Exposed: | 2 | Final Order: | 12/10/2012 |
| Initial Penalty: | $56,000.00 | REC: | A | Emphasis: | |
| Current Penalty: | $3,000.00 | Gravity: | 10 | Haz Category: | EXPLOSION |
| Penalty and Failure to Abate Event History | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Event | Date | Penalty | Abatement | Type | FTA Insp | |
| Penalty | Z: Issued | 11/04/2010 | $56,000.00 | 11/17/2010 | Willful | ||
| Penalty | F: Formal Settlement | 12/10/2012 | $3,000.00 | 11/17/2010 | Serious | ||
Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 002 Hazard: EXPLOSION
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish to each of his employees a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees in that employees were exposed to flash fire and explosion hazard while processing ammonium perchlorate and n-Butanol slurry: a)On or about May 05, 2010 - AP Recovery Pilot Plant, Building 7352, Test Area 10, Redstone Arsenal, AL, employees were operating a decanter centrifuge as an attended operation to separate a slurry of ammonium perchlorate and n-Butanol, instead of being stationed remotely. Among other methods, one feasible and useful method to correct the hazard - The hazard could be abated by following the requirements in the US Army's Standing Operating Procedures for Energetic Processing Module (EPM) Prototype Ammonium Perchlorate Recovery dated March 02, 2009 (SOP RA-0000-P-WD- GM-064) which stated the centrifuge operations would be remote.