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

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(14): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not review the permit-required confined space program, using the canceled permits retained under 29 CFR 1910.146(e)(6) within one year after each entry and did not revise the program as necessary, to ensure that employees participation in entry operations were protected from permit space hazards: The employer does not review the permit-required confined space program, using the canceled permits within one year after each entry and did not revise the program as necessary, to ensure that employees participating in entry operations were protected from permit space hazards. This violation most recently occurred at the Pasadena Refining Systems Inc. located at 111 Red Bluff Road, Pasadena, Texas on or about June 30, 2010, and at times thereafter, in the Alkyl 1 & 2 and FCCU, where the employer failed to perform annual reviews of the canceled permits from previous years of canceled confined space entry permits. a) Permit #021084 Description of work is not legible; Permit issued 07115 & 8: 15 pm, no date or time for expiration; One reading for air quality b) Permit #021087Vacuum & chip 1 inspect; Permit issued 07121 & 6:30 am, expires & 6:00 pm. One reading for air quality c) Permit #021089Vacuum, chisel hammer & weld; Permit issued 07122 & 7:56 am, expires &6:00 pm; One reading for air quality d) Permit #021085Rebuild Fan; Permit issued 07/09 & 6:25 am, no date or time for expiration; One reading for air quality e) Permit #021088Vacuum; Permit issued 07/21 & 6:45 pm, expired 07/22 & 6: 15 am; One reading for air quality f) Permit #14195Build Scaffold in T-1; Permit issued 02/15 & 10: 11 am, expired 02/18 & 7:00 am; One reading for air quality g) Permit #15993Clean and repair; Permit issued 02/16 & 7:10 am, expired 02/19 & 7:00 am; One reading for air quality h) Permit #15988Pull support ring and take out racket rings; Permit issued 02/15 & 1:00 pm, expired 02/18 & 7:00 am; One reading for air quality i) Permit #7263Clean, inspect, & repair as needed; Permit issued 02/22 & 7:00 am, expired 02/22 & 7:00 pm; One reading for air quality j) Permit #14214Repair as needed, hydroblast; Permit issue and expiration not listed; No readings k) Permit #15999No description of work; Permit issue and expiration not listed; One reading for air quality Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date of this citation, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that under the permit-required confined space program, required by 29 CFR 1910. 146(d)(14) to develop and an annual review process to identify deficincies in the program that could expose participating employees to permit space hazards.