Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002A Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(4): The employer did not implement safe work practices to provide for the control of hazards during operations such as lockout/tagout, opening process equipment or piping; a) On or about 12/12/18 at C Dock; employees were exposed to chlorine vapors when employer did not implement safe work practices, such as but not limited to, the verification of isolation of all forms of hazardous energy prior to the chlorine rail car disconnecting operations to prevent a full rail car of chlorine from being opened, as described in Section 2 - Field Inspection of the Lonza General Work Permit procedure, document number USAD 40897, when the senior chlorine operator and the maintenance employees did not perform a walk down or field inspection of the unloading site to verify the correct chlorine rail car was being disconnected resulting in a release of chlorine. ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED