OSHA Inspection: BLANCHARD REFINING COMPANY LLC

Issued

2017-03-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12675.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(4): The employer did not develop and implement safe work practices to provide for the control of hazards during operations such as lockout/tagout; confined space entry; opening process equipment or piping; and control over entrance into a facility by maintenance, contractor, laboratory, or other support personnel:  On September 7, 2016 and at times prior thereto, the employer at Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery did not develop and implement safe work practices to control hazards during opening of the discharge piping of the P1008B Depropanizer Reflux Pump as part of placing the pump back in service after being blinded for maintenance work exposing workers to highly hazardous chemicals, including but not limited to hydrogen fluoride and isobutene and propane, which can cause chemical and thermal burns, asphyxia, pulmonary edema, pneumonitis, and other injuries, up to and including death.    a) The employer did not implement its Work Permit Retention policy which is part of its Safe Work Permit Procedure to ensure that issued work permits were not discarded.    b) The employer did not employ measures to ensure that maintenance craftsmen initial and date Master Isolation Lists to verify proper installation of energy isolation devices they personally installed.    c) The employer did not implement a means for periodically checking for and safely releasing hazardous energy in equipment that has been isolated while relying on the Master Isolation List for energy isolation.    d) The employer did not ensure that means for checking and safely releasing reaccumulated hazardous energy was included on the Safe Work Permit.

Issued

2017-03-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

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 September 7, 2016 and at times prior thereto, the employer at Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery made modifications to the discharge piping of the P1008B Depropanizer Reflux Pump and did not inform maintenance employees whose jobs are affected by the change prior to startup of the affected section of the process.

Issued

2017-03-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12675.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i): The employer did not select and have each affected employee use the types of personal protective equipment that would protect the affected employee(s) from the hazards identified in the hazard assessment:  On September 7, 2016 and at times prior thereto, the employer at Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery the employer did not have each affected employee in the barricaded area where un-blinding of the P-1008B Depropanizer Reflux Pump was occurring to use the personal protective equipment that would protect them from the hazards identified in the hazard assessment.