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29 CFR 1910.119(l)(3): Employees involved in operating a process and maintenance and contract employees whose job tasks would be affected by a change in the process were not informed of and trained in the change prior to start-up of the process or affected part of the process. On April 17, 2013 or at times prior thereto ExxonMobil deviated from its MP-203 procedure for Line and Equipment Opening and Safe Blinding Practices and did not ensure that contract maintenance workers in the Catalytic Hydrodesulfurization Unit #2 (CHD-2) at its Beaumont Refinery were trained in the changes. 29 CFR 1910.147(d)(6): Prior to starting work on machines or equipment that had been locked out or tagged out, the authorized employee did not verify that isolation and de-energization of the machine or equipment had been accomplished: On April 17, 2013 ExxonMobil did not follow its management of change process when it deviated from Maintenance Procedure 203-Procedure for Line Equipment Opening and Safe Blinding during the performance of maintenance on the E-1 heat exchangers in the Catalytic Hydrodesulphurization Unit #2 (CHD-2) of the ExxonMobil Refinery in Beaumont, Texas.