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Date
Type
6/4/74 Special VCH 6/5/74 monitoring 6/12/74
7/3/74 Special VCM monitoring
8/23/74 Employee complaint
11/12/75 OSHA initiated follow-up
9/15/76 OSHA initiated follow-up
11/15/76 Employee complaint
OSHA INSPECTION RECORD SUMMARY
UNION business
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Complaint
Who
Standards compliance
Where Vinyls area
Alleged Violation None
Citation Issued None
None
Standards como" i :nce
Vinyls area
Alleged unsafe condition walking from gate to Bldg. 74 Maintenance Office
Employee
OSHA Inspection triggered by Texas City reporting, as required by law, of two VCM releases. Releases occurred when a piping nipple cracked on an experimental heat exchanger.
Company
OSHA visit triggered by
Company
Texas City reporting, as
required by law, an emergency
VC release. Release occurred
when the power house went down.
Alleged non air-conditioned Employee control room exposes employees to C0t vinyl dust; primitive eating and cooking facilities.
Vinyls area
Vinyls area
#2 Gas Furnace Bldg,
Based on Engineering control clause, elevated VCM in two operations.
None
Yes None
29 CFR 1910.1017(g)(3) Failure to provide a written respiratory
protection program meeting requirements of 29 CFR 1910.134.
Yes, nonserious
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Penalty None None None None
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Date
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3/18/77 Employee complaint
9/8/77 Explosion/ 9/15/77 Fatality
Investigation
12/13/78 Employee complaint
1/2/79
Letter; employee complaint
3/6/79 Employee X complaint
3/14/79 Employee complaint
4/6/79 Employee complaint
5/1/79 Data 6/21/79 gathering 5/2/79 10/10/79 10/ 16/79 5/31/79 Employee
complaint
6/29/79 Letter; employee
Complaint
Who
Employee complained that he had to take a rest break In Bldg. 74 Maintenance Locker Room area at such times that a meeting was In progress In the conference-lunch room. Alleges unsanitary situation might be present.
Maintenance empl oyee
Non-Solvent Process Explosion Company and fatality.
Where
Bldg. 74 locker room area
Employee exposed to chemicals while loading tank cars and 55-gal. drums, building 19.
No hot water in restroom in building 239.
Ralph Glusti Bldg. 19 or P.H. unknown
Operatorunknown
Bldg. 239
Employee injured In unshored excavation.
Employee exposure to mercury and vinyl chloride.
Compliance with facial hair policy vs respiratory program.
A. A. Ochoa (ankle bruise)
Unknown
Bldg. 110/111
Employee unknown
Continuation of 12/13/78 employee exposure com plaint, Bldg. 19.
Turnstile gates won't open In event of power failure.
Employee unknown
Sewer backs up In restroom at Employee
Bldg. 225 during heavy rain.
unknown
Bldg. 114
Gates 70, 1, 2, 5 Bldg. 225
Alleged Violation None
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None None None None
Citation Issued None
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Date
Type
8/20/79
9/28/79
10/ 3/79 10/30/79
Employee complaint
Employee complaint
Employee complaint
1/29/80 Employee complaint
1/24/80
and 3/13/80
Letter; employee complaint
Inspection
9/ 4/80
Letter; employee complaint
10/29/80 Employee complaint
Complaint
Vinyl dust is so thick in the air, it chokes employee.
Dusty road north of Ho. 3 Olefins.
Exposed to ozone and metal fumes when welding In van boxes.
Mercury and VC1 around Bldg. 110.
Employee forced to work where medically restricted.
Exposure to cigarette smoke during conferences In Bldg. 60, conference room 3.
Ho personnel protective equipment provided for cleanup of chemical leaking into ditch.
Who Where Frances (PF) Bldg. 121
PF's
Ho. 3 Olefins
Hall (Garage)
Bldg. 189
Unknown
Bldg. 110
Terrance Leimund
Bldg. 92
Employee Employee
Bldg. 60, CR 3.
HE Bldg. 248 Grant Avenue
Employee
Bldg. 119
Alleged Violation Hone None Hone Hone 5(a)(1)
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Citation Issued Hone None None None Ves, serious
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Penalty None None None None $800
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Date
Type
2/11/83 Fatality
3/29/83 General Schedule
8/23/83 Employee complaint
4/16/84 Fatality
5/22/84
Letter; employee conplaint
Complaint
Ladders or scaffolds not furnished.
Industrial Hygiene
Employee exposure to road dust.
Exposure to scalding water.
Employee exposure to crotonaldehyde.
Who None Employee
Employee
Where Ethanol
Plant Wide
#3 Olefins Furnace Area VA-5
Ethanol
Alleged Violation 1910.28(a)(1) Hone None 5(a)(1) None
Citation Issued (Yes) Withdrawn Hone None Yes Still open
Penalty ($420) Withdrawn None
None
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