Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 004B Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(iii)(D): The employer's written operating procedures covering operating limits did not address quality control for raw materials and control of hazardous chemical inventory levels: Employees engaged in operating, inspecting, testing, and maintaining activities at the covered process equipment on the roof top of the Main Plant and the engine rooms were exposed to catastrophic release of ammonia which results in asphyxiation, explosion and flash fire leading to death and injury to persons in and near the facility in that the current written operating procedures - OP: Ammonia Charging (Transfer) Operation Initial Date: July 1, 2006 fails to address the quality control for raw materials and control of hazardous chemical inventory levels of the incoming Ammonia as how to receive fresh or make-up Ammonia. There was no revision, no step which requires someone to verify the quality of the incoming Ammonia to ensure that the quality of the Ammonia meets refrigeration grade. 29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1) requires certification that the abatement of the above violations is complete.