Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 011B Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.119(o)(4): The employer did not promptly determine and document an appropriate response to each of the findings of the compliance audit, and document that deficiencies have been corrected: Employees engaged in operating, inspecting, testing, and maintaining activities 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 following appropriate responses to each of the findings of the compliance audits were not promptly addressed, the identified deficiencies have not been corrected with document: a) The employer does not ensure that findings are responded to in a prompt fashion and does not ensure nor document that deficiencies are or have been corrected. The employer did not document the corrected deficiencies from the 2014 Compliance Audit. The audit has uncompleted findings, 11 items still open since 2014. b) The employer did not document the corrected deficiencies from the 2017 Compliance Audit. The audit has uncompleted findings, 18 items still open since 2017. 29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1) requires certification and documentation that the abatement of the above violation is complete.