Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 019 Hazard: REFINERY

29 CFR 1910.119(o)(1): The employer did not certify that it had evaluated compliance with the provisions of 29 CFR 1910.119 at least every three years to verify that the procedures and practices developed under the standard are adequate and being followed: a) The employer did not develop and implement a sampling strategy that would ensure statistical validity/significance and selection of a representative number of pressure vessel inspection records to review while conducting the 2007 compliance audit. This violation was documented on or about May 12, 2011. b) The employer does not develop and implement a sampling strategy that would ensure statistical validity/significance and selection of a representative number of pressure vessel inspection records to review while conducting the 2010 compliance audit. This violation was documented on or about May 12, 2011. Pursuant to 29 CFR 1903.19(d), within 10 days, the employer must submit an abatement plan describing the actions it is taking to make sure that a strategy is developed and implemented to ensure a representative number of vessels is chosen for evaluation, and that all incident investigation reports include the date the investigation began and the factors that contributed to the incident during compliance audits. The violation must be abated no later than 10 days from the receipt of this citation.