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Date
Type
6/4/74 Special VCM 6/5/74 onl torlng 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 contain t
OSHA INSPECTION RECORD SUMMARY
UNION BUSINESS =I3fOEj CONPD'MTIAL
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Complaint
Who
Standards compliance
Where Vinyls area
Alleged Violation None
Citation Issued None
None
Standards compliance
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 CO, 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.
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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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048078
Penalty None None None None
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Hone
UCC 048079
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Pate
Type
3/18/77 Employee coaplalnt
9/8/77 Explosion/ 9/15/77 Fatal1ty
Investigation
12/13/78 Employee coaplalnt
1/2/79
Letter; employee
coaplalnt
3/6/79 Eaployee 1 coaplalnt
3/14/79 Eaployee coaplalnt
4/6/79 Eaployee coaplalnt
5/1/79 Data 6/21/79 gathering 5/2/79 10/10/79
5/31/79 Eaployee coaplalnt
6/29/79 Letter; eaployee complaint
Complaint
Eaployee coaplalned that he had to take a rest break In Bldg. 74 Maintenance Locker Room area at such tines that a meeting was in progress in the conference-lunch rooa. Alleges unsanitary situation night be present.
Non-Solvent Process Explosion and fatality*
Who Maintenance employee
Company
Where
Bldg. 74 locker room area
Eaployee exposed to chemicals while loading tank cars and 55-gal. drums, building 19.
No hot water In restroom in building 239.
Ralph Glustl Bldg. 19 or P.H. unknown
Operator unknown
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 Eaployee Bldg. 225 during heavy rain. unknown
Bldg. 114
Sates 70, 1, 2, 5 Bldg. 225
Alleged Violation Hone
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None None None None
Citation Issued Hone
Page 2. Penalty None
BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL
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Pate
Type
fl/20/79
9/28/79
10/ 3/79 10/30/79
Employee complaint
Employee coeplalnt
Employee complaint
1/29/80 Employee coaplalnt
1/24/80
and 3/13/80
Letter; employee complaint
Inspection
9/ 4/80
Letter; employee complaint
10/29/80 Employee complaint
12/11/81 Employee complaint
8/11/82
Letter; employee complaint
Complaint
Vinyl dust Is so thick In the air. It chokes employee.
Dusty road north of No. 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. GO, conference room 3.
No personnel protective equipment provided for cleanup of chemical leaking Into ditch.
Employee exposure to polyvinyl chloride gum while cleaning dumpster buckets.
Employee exposure to contaminants at 0PDA.
Who Where Frances (PF) Bldg. 121
PF's
No. 3 Olefins
Hall (Garage)
Bldg. 189
Unknown
Bldg. 110
Terrance Leemond
Bldg. 92
Employee Eup1 oyee
Bldg. 60, CR 3.
NE Bldg. 248 Grant Avenue
Employee
Bldg. 119
Unknown
OPDA
Alleged Violation None None None None 5(a)(1)
None None
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COMFIDENIIAt
Citation Issued None None None None Yes, serious
None None
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Page 3 Penalty None None None None $800
None None
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048081
Date
Type
2/11/83 Fatality
3/29/83 8/23/83 4/16/M
General Schedule
Expl oyee coaplaint
Fatality
5/22/84
Letter; employee owplalnt
Complaint
Ladders or scaffolds not furnished.
Industrial Hygiene
Employee exposure to road dust.
Exposure to scalding water.
Employee exposure to crotonaldehyde.
Mho Hone Enployee
Employee
Where Ethanol
Plant Wide
#3 Olefins Furnace Area VA-5
Ethanol
Alleged Violation 1910.28(a)(1) Hone Hone 5(a)(1) Hone
Citation Issued (Yes) Withdrawn Hone None Yes Still open
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Penalty ((420) Withdrawn None
Hone
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