Training Workers To Work Safely with Hazardous and Corrosive Chemicals Is Critical
OSHA has proposed cumulative penalties of $264,360 to a food manufacturing company and the maintenance and temporary staffing companies it contracts with for failure to provide adequate training for employees to work safely with the ammonia used in refrigeration in violation of OSHA’s Process Safety Management Standard. Among the citations, the company was cited for failure to ensure that secure doors fit properly, failure to train the workers on the ammonia refrigeration systems, and failure to train the workers on controlling hazardous energy through standard lockout/tagout procedures during maintenance. Consistent with OSHA’s initiative to improve workplace safety for temporary workers, OSHA also proposed citations to the staffing company that provided temporary workers to the manufacturer. OSHA’s Process Safety Management Guidelines for Ammonia Refrigeration are available here.
