The CSB issues safety recommendations to prevent the recurrence or reduce the likelihood or consequences of similar incidents or hazards in the future. Recommendations are issued to a variety of parties, including government entities, safety organizations, trade unions, trade associations, corporations, emergency response organizations, educational institutions, and public interest groups. Recommendations are published in CSB reports and are closed only by vote of the Board. The CSB tracks all recommendations and communicates regularly with recommendations recipients to ensure that the recommended corrective actions are implemented. For more information, see Frequently Asked Questions about CSB recommendations.
2003-07-I-NC-9
Modify the material safety data sheet for manufactured polyethylene antitack agents to include hazards posed by the end-use of the product. Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Modify the material safety data sheet for manufactured polyethylene antitack agents to include hazards posed by the end-use of the product.
2003-07-I-NC-7
Amend Chapter 13, Section 1304, of the International Fire Code (as adopted by the North Carolina Fire Code) to make compliance with NFPA 654, Standard for the Prevention of Fire and Dust Explosions From the Manufacturing, Processing, and Handling of Combustible Particulate Solids, mandatory. Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Amend Chapter 13, Section 1304, of the International Fire Code (as adopted by the North Carolina Fire Code) to make compliance with NFPA 654, Standard for the Prevention of Fire and Dust Explosions From the Manufacturing, Processing, and Handling of Combustible Particulate Solids, mandatory.
2003-07-I-NC-8
Incorporate the provisions of NFPA 654, Standard for the Prevention of Fire and Dust Explosions From the Manufacturing, Processing, and Handling of Combustible Particulate Solids, into the training program for State and local building and fire code officials. Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Incorporate the provisions of NFPA 654, Standard for the Prevention of Fire and Dust Explosions From the Manufacturing, Processing, and Handling of Combustible Particulate Solids, into the training program for State and local building and fire code officials.
2003-07-I-NC-6
Identify the manufacturing industries at risk for combustible dust explosions, and develop and conduct an outreach program on combustible dust hazards. Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Identify the manufacturing industries at risk for combustible dust explosions, and develop and conduct an outreach program on combustible dust hazards.
2003-07-I-NC-1
Revise policies and procedures for new material safety reviews. In particular: Use the most recent versions of material safety data sheets (MSDSs) and other technical hazard information. Fully identify the hazardous characteristics of new materials, including relevant physical and chemical properties, to ensure that those characteristics are incorporated into safety practices, as appropriate. Include an engineering element that identifies and addresses the potential safety implications of new materials on manufacturing processes. Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Revise policies and procedures for new material safety reviews. In particular: Use the most recent versions of material safety data sheets (MSDSs) and other technical hazard information. Fully identify the hazardous characteristics of new materials, including relevant physical and chemical properties, to ensure that those characteristics are incorporated into safety practices, as appropriate. Include an engineering element that identifies and addresses the potential safety implications of new materials on manufacturing processes.
2003-07-I-NC-2
Develop and implement policies and procedures for safety reviews of engineering projects. In particular: Address the hazards of individual materials and equipment? and their effect on entire processes and facilities. Consider hazards during the conceptual design phase, as well as during engineering and construction phases. Cover all phases of the project, including engineering and construction performed by outside firms. Identify and consider applicable codes and standards in the design. Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Develop and implement policies and procedures for safety reviews of engineering projects. In particular: Address the hazards of individual materials and equipment? and their effect on entire processes and facilities. Consider hazards during the conceptual design phase, as well as during engineering and construction phases. Cover all phases of the project, including engineering and construction performed by outside firms. Identify and consider applicable codes and standards in the design.
2003-07-I-NC-3
Identify West manufacturing facilities that use combustible dusts. Ensure that they incorporate applicable safety precautions described in NFPA 654, Standard for the Prevention of Fire and Dust Explosions From the Manufacturing, Processing, and Handling of Combustible Particulate Solids. In particular: Ensure that penetrations of partitions, floors, walls, and ceilings are sealed dust-tight. Ensure that spaces inaccessible to housekeeping are sealed to prevent dust accumulation. Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Identify West manufacturing facilities that use combustible dusts. Ensure that they incorporate applicable safety precautions described in NFPA 654, Standard for the Prevention of Fire and Dust Explosions From the Manufacturing, Processing, and Handling of Combustible Particulate Solids. In particular: Ensure that penetrations of partitions, floors, walls, and ceilings are sealed dust-tight. Ensure that spaces inaccessible to housekeeping are sealed to prevent dust accumulation.
2003-07-I-NC-4
Improve hazard communication programs so that the hazards of combustible dust are clearly identified and communicated to the workforce. In particular, ensure that the most current MSDSs are in use and that employees receive training on the revised/updated information. Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Improve hazard communication programs so that the hazards of combustible dust are clearly identified and communicated to the workforce. In particular, ensure that the most current MSDSs are in use and that employees receive training on the revised/updated information.
2003-07-I-NC-5
Communicate the findings and recommendations of this report to the West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., workforce. Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Communicate the findings and recommendations of this report to the West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., workforce.
2013-3-I-LA-4
To help prevent future major incidents such as a rupture of a pressure vessel in a special operating status, strengthen API Standard 521, Pressure-relieving and Depressuring Systems, by defining the various types of equipment operating statuses. Include definitions for “standby” and “out-of-service.” Specify pressure relief requirements for each type of equipment operating status. Status: Open - Awaiting Response or Evaluation/Approval of Response
To help prevent future major incidents such as a rupture of a pressure vessel in a special operating status, strengthen API Standard 521, Pressure-relieving and Depressuring Systems, by defining the various types of equipment operating statuses. Include definitions for “standby” and “out-of-service.” Specify pressure relief requirements for each type of equipment operating status.
2013-3-I-LA-5
To help prevent future major incidents such as pressure vessel rupture from ineffective or failed administrative controls, clarify API Standard 521, Pressure-relieving and Depressuring Systems, to require a pressure relief device for overpressure scenarios where internal vessel pressure can exceed what is allowed by the design code. Although some portions of API Standard 521 already require a pressure relief device for these scenarios, other areas, such as Section 4.4.12 Hydraulic Expansion, are not as protective. Section 4.4.12 Hydraulic Expansion (the failure mode that caused the Williams overpressure incident) permits omitting a pressure relief device and allows the exclusive use of administrative controls. Status: Open - Awaiting Response or Evaluation/Approval of Response
To help prevent future major incidents such as pressure vessel rupture from ineffective or failed administrative controls, clarify API Standard 521, Pressure-relieving and Depressuring Systems, to require a pressure relief device for overpressure scenarios where internal vessel pressure can exceed what is allowed by the design code. Although some portions of API Standard 521 already require a pressure relief device for these scenarios, other areas, such as Section 4.4.12 Hydraulic Expansion, are not as protective. Section 4.4.12 Hydraulic Expansion (the failure mode that caused the Williams overpressure incident) permits omitting a pressure relief device and allows the exclusive use of administrative controls.
2013-3-I-LA-1
Implement a continual improvement program to improve the process safety culture at the Williams Geismar Olefins Plant. Ensure oversight of this program by a committee of Williams personnel (“committee”) that, at a minimum, includes safety and health representative(s), Williams management representative(s), and operations and maintenance workforce representative(s). Ensure the continual improvement program contains the following elements: a. Process Safety Culture Assessments. Engage a process safety culture subject-matter expert, who is selected by the committee and is independent of the Geismar site, to administer a periodic process safety culture assessment that includes surveys of personnel, interviews with personnel, and document analysis. Consider the process safety culture audit guidance provided in Chapter 4 of the CCPS book Guidelines for Auditing Process Safety Management Systems as a starting point. Communicate the results of the Process Safety Culture Assessment in a report; and b. Workforce Involvement. Engage the committee to (1) review and comment on the expert report developed from the Process Safety Culture Assessments, and (2) oversee the development and effective implementation of action items to address process safety culture issues identified in the Process Safety Culture Assessment report. As a component of the process safety culture continual improvement program, include a focus on the facility’s ability to comply with its internal process safety management program requirements. Make the periodic process safety culture report available to the plant workforce. Conduct the process safety culture assessments at least once every five years. Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
2013-3-I-LA-2
Develop and implement a permanent process safety metrics program that tracks leading and lagging process safety indicators. Consider available industry guidance, such as the guidance presented in the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) book Guidelines for Process Safety Metrics and the example metrics provided in the book’s accompanying CD. Design this metrics program to measure the effectiveness of the Williams Geismar Olefins Facility’s process safety management programs. Include the following components in this program: a. Measure the effectiveness of the Williams Geismar Management of Change (MOC) program, including evaluating whether MOCs were performed for all applicable changes, the quality of MOC review, and the completeness of the MOC review; b. Measure the effectiveness of the Williams Geismar Pre-Startup Safety Review (PSSR) program, including the quality of the PSSR review and the completeness of the PSSR review; c. Measure the effectiveness of the Williams Geismar methods to effectively and timely complete action items developed as a result of Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs), Management of Change (MOC), incident investigations, audits, and safety culture assessments; and d. Measure the effectiveness of the Williams Geismar development and implementation of operating procedures. Develop a system to drive continual process safety performance improvements based upon the data identified and analysis developed as a result of implementing the permanent process safety metrics program. Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
2013-3-I-LA-3
Develop and implement a program that demands robust and comprehensive assessments of the process safety programs at the Williams Geismar facility, at a minimum including Management of Change, Pre-Startup Safety Review, Process Hazard Analyses, and Operating Procedures. Ensure that the assessments thoroughly evaluate the effectiveness of these important safety programs. To drive continual improvement of process safety programs to meet good practice guidance, ensure these assessments result in the development and implementation of robust action items that address identified weaknesses. Engage an expert independent of the Geismar site to lead these assessments at least once every three years. Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Develop and implement a program that demands robust and comprehensive assessments of the process safety programs at the Williams Geismar facility, at a minimum including Management of Change, Pre-Startup Safety Review, Process Hazard Analyses, and Operating Procedures. Ensure that the assessments thoroughly evaluate the effectiveness of these important safety programs. To drive continual improvement of process safety programs to meet good practice guidance, ensure these assessments result in the development and implementation of robust action items that address identified weaknesses. Engage an expert independent of the Geismar site to lead these assessments at least once every three years.
2008-01-I-CO-17
Publish safety guidance addressing the hazards and controls for using hazardous materials including flammables in confined spaces and the unique hazards of penstocks. At a minimum a. In controlling hazards in confined spaces, implement a hierarchy of controls by first attempting to eliminate hazards or substitute with a less hazardous material(s) or method(s). Examples include performing work outside of a confined space where reasonably practicable or substituting a flammable material with a non-flammable one. b. Establish a maximum permissible percentage substantially below the LEL for safe entry and occupancy of permit-required confined spaces. c. Recommend that confined spaces that are large, or part of a continuous system such as a penstock, always be managed as permit-required as defined in the OSHA Confined Space Standard, and that such spaces always be monitored for hazardous atmospheres both prior to entry and continuously in areas where work is being performed. d. Ensure that evacuation plans for penstocks that have only one egress point provide for alternative escape routes or refuge chambers. e. Provide guidance for implementing a written confined space rescue plan. Address staging and methods of rescue for each designated permit space including whether a rescue team is required to stand by outside the space. Require that confined space rescue teams be standing by at the permit spaces where the hazards pose an immediate threat to life or health, including the hazard of a potential flammable atmosphere. Status: Closed - Acceptable Alternative Action
Publish safety guidance addressing the hazards and controls for using hazardous materials including flammables in confined spaces and the unique hazards of penstocks. At a minimum a. In controlling hazards in confined spaces, implement a hierarchy of controls by first attempting to eliminate hazards or substitute with a less hazardous material(s) or method(s). Examples include performing work outside of a confined space where reasonably practicable or substituting a flammable material with a non-flammable one. b. Establish a maximum permissible percentage substantially below the LEL for safe entry and occupancy of permit-required confined spaces. c. Recommend that confined spaces that are large, or part of a continuous system such as a penstock, always be managed as permit-required as defined in the OSHA Confined Space Standard, and that such spaces always be monitored for hazardous atmospheres both prior to entry and continuously in areas where work is being performed. d. Ensure that evacuation plans for penstocks that have only one egress point provide for alternative escape routes or refuge chambers. e. Provide guidance for implementing a written confined space rescue plan. Address staging and methods of rescue for each designated permit space including whether a rescue team is required to stand by outside the space. Require that confined space rescue teams be standing by at the permit spaces where the hazards pose an immediate threat to life or health, including the hazard of a potential flammable atmosphere.
2008-01-I-CO-7
Publish a safety communication that will inform fire service and emergency planning organizations in the state about the confined space safety lessons learned from the Cabin Creek incident including a. The need to train and certify emergency response personnel who perform technical, including confined space, rescue. b. The importance of a written confined space rescue plan for each designated permit space that includes i. Methods of rescue and determination of whether a rescue team is required to standby outside the space. ii. Rescue equipment requirements and plan of action. c. The importance of treating confined spaces with the potential for flammable atmospheres above 10 percent of the LEL as a hazard immediately dangerous to life or health that requires rescuers to be stationed directly outside the permit space and available for immediate rescue with appropriate fire-extinguishing and rescue equipment. d. The need for confined space rescue procedures to instruct emergency responders to not enter or occupy a confined space containing a flammable atmosphere 10 percent of the LEL or greater. Personal protective equipment (PPE) will not protect rescuers from an explosion in a confined space.
Publish a safety communication that will inform fire service and emergency planning organizations in the state about the confined space safety lessons learned from the Cabin Creek incident including a. The need to train and certify emergency response personnel who perform technical, including confined space, rescue. b. The importance of a written confined space rescue plan for each designated permit space that includes
2008-01-I-CO-4
Revise your rules regulating electric utilities, 4 Code of Colorado Regulations 723-3, to: a. Require regulated utilities to investigate the facts, conditions, and circumstances of all incidents resulting in death, serious injury or significant property damage as defined in Section 3204 b. Require utilities to submit a written investigation report to the Commission within one year of the incident that contains the investigation findings, root causes and recommendations for preventing future incidents that focus on needed changes to utility safety systems. All reports shall be made public. c. Authorize the commission to issue orders addressing needed corrective actions to be taken as a result of the incident. d. Require utilities to submit periodic reports to the Commission detailing action taken on the incident report recommendations and Commission orders. All reports shall be made the public. Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action/No Response Received
Revise your rules regulating electric utilities, 4 Code of Colorado Regulations 723-3, to: a. Require regulated utilities to investigate the facts, conditions, and circumstances of all incidents resulting in death, serious injury or significant property damage as defined in Section 3204 b. Require utilities to submit a written investigation report to the Commission within one year of the incident that contains the investigation findings, root causes and recommendations for preventing future incidents that focus on needed changes to utility safety systems. All reports shall be made public. c. Authorize the commission to issue orders addressing needed corrective actions to be taken as a result of the incident. d. Require utilities to submit periodic reports to the Commission detailing action taken on the incident report recommendations and Commission orders. All reports shall be made the public.
2008-01-I-CO-5
Revise your rules regulating electric utilities, 4 Code of Colorado Regulations 723-3, to: Require all regulated utilities to fully cooperate with all government safety investigations including facilitating access to witnesses, facilities, and equipment; providing copies of requested records; and responding to interrogatories and other investigative requests for information as expeditiously as possible. Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action/No Response Received
Revise your rules regulating electric utilities, 4 Code of Colorado Regulations 723-3, to: Require all regulated utilities to fully cooperate with all government safety investigations including facilitating access to witnesses, facilities, and equipment; providing copies of requested records; and responding to interrogatories and other investigative requests for information as expeditiously as possible.
2008-01-I-CO-6
Revise your rules regulating electric utilities, 4 Code of Colorado Regulations 723-3, to: Require that competitive bidding and contractor selection rules for construction, maintenance or repair of regulated utilities include procedures for prequalifying or disqualifying contractors based on specific safety performance measures and qualifications. Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action/No Response Received
Revise your rules regulating electric utilities, 4 Code of Colorado Regulations 723-3, to: Require that competitive bidding and contractor selection rules for construction, maintenance or repair of regulated utilities include procedures for prequalifying or disqualifying contractors based on specific safety performance measures and qualifications.
2008-01-I-CO-3
Implement, through the Division of Fire Safety, an accredited firefighter certification program for technical rescue that encompasses appropriate specialty areas including confined space rescue. Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Implement, through the Division of Fire Safety, an accredited firefighter certification program for technical rescue that encompasses appropriate specialty areas including confined space rescue.
2008-01-I-CO-1
Amend the OSHA Permit-Required Confined Spaces Rule for general industry (29 CFR 1910.146) to establish a maximum permissible percentage substantially below the lower explosive limit (LEL) for safe entry and occupancy in permit-required confined spaces. Status: Closed - Reconsidered/Superseded
Amend the OSHA Permit-Required Confined Spaces Rule for general industry (29 CFR 1910.146) to establish a maximum permissible percentage substantially below the lower explosive limit (LEL) for safe entry and occupancy in permit-required confined spaces.
2008-01-I-CO-2
Publish a “Safety and Health Information Bulletin” addressing the hazards and controls when using flammable materials in confined spaces that includes actionable guidance regarding: a. The importance of implementing a hierarchy of controls to address hazards in a confined space that first seeks to eliminate hazards or substitute with a less hazardous material(s) or method(s). Examples include performing work outside of a confined space where reasonably practicable or substituting a flammable material with a non-flammable one. b. The necessity of establishing a maximum permissible percentage substantially below the lower explosive limit (LEL) for safe entry and occupancy of permit required confined spaces. c. The need to comprehensively control all potential ignition sources and continuously monitor the confined space at appropriate locations and elevations when work activities involve the use of flammable materials or where flammable atmospheres may be created. d. The importance of treating confined spaces with the potential for flammable atmospheres above 10 percent of the LEL as a hazard immediately dangerous to life or health (IDLH) that requires rescuers to be stationed directly outside the permit space and available for immediate rescue with appropriate fire-extinguishing and rescue equipment. e. The requirement that confined spaces such as penstocks be managed as permit-required that are so large or part of a continuous system that they cannot be fully characterized from the entry point. Such spaces need to be monitored for hazardous atmospheres both prior to entry and continuously in areas where entrants are working. Status: Closed - Acceptable Alternative Action
2008-01-I-CO-13
Revise your confined space entry program and practices. At a minimum a. Require continuous monitoring for flammable atmospheres at appropriate locations and elevations within a confined space where work activities involve the use of flammables or where flammable atmospheres may be created. b. Prohibit entry or require evacuation of a confined space if the atmospheric concentration of flammable vapors is 10 percent of the LEL or higher. c. Ensure that confined spaces such as penstocks be managed as permit-required that are so large or part of a continuous system that they cannot be fully characterized from the entry point. Ensure that such spaces are monitored for hazardous atmospheres both prior to entry and continuously in areas where entrants are working. d. Ensure that evacuation plans for penstocks that have only one egress point provide for alternative escape routes and/or refuge chambers. e. Ensure the implementation of a written confined space rescue preplan for each designated permit space. Address staging and methods of rescue for each designated permit space including whether a rescue team is required to standby outside the space. Require that confined space rescue teams be standing by at the permit spaces where the hazards pose an immediate threat to life or health including the hazard of a potential flammable atmosphere. Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Revise your confined space entry program and practices. At a minimum a. Require continuous monitoring for flammable atmospheres at appropriate locations and elevations within a confined space where work activities involve the use of flammables or where flammable atmospheres may be created. b. Prohibit entry or require evacuation of a confined space if the atmospheric concentration of flammable vapors is 10 percent of the LEL or higher. c. Ensure that confined spaces such as penstocks be managed as permit-required that are so large or part of a continuous system that they cannot be fully characterized from the entry point. Ensure that such spaces are monitored for hazardous atmospheres both prior to entry and continuously in areas where entrants are working. d. Ensure that evacuation plans for penstocks that have only one egress point provide for alternative escape routes and/or refuge chambers. e. Ensure the implementation of a written confined space rescue preplan for each designated permit space. Address staging and methods of rescue for each designated permit space including whether a rescue team is required to standby outside the space. Require that confined space rescue teams be standing by at the permit spaces where the hazards pose an immediate threat to life or health including the hazard of a potential flammable atmosphere.
2008-01-I-CO-14
Based on the findings and conclusions of this report, hire a certified safety professional to conduct periodic safety audits at your worksites. At a minimum, assess safety training, confined space safety, safe handling of flammables, emergency response, rescue, and fire prevention. Status: Closed - No Longer Applicable
Based on the findings and conclusions of this report, hire a certified safety professional to conduct periodic safety audits at your worksites. At a minimum, assess safety training, confined space safety, safe handling of flammables, emergency response, rescue, and fire prevention.
2008-01-I-CO-15
Ensure that all journeyman painters have received safety training equivalent in content to that covered in the Joint Apprenticeship program. At a minimum, address confined space safety, safe handling of flammables, emergency response and rescue, and fire prevention. Status: Closed - No Longer Applicable
Ensure that all journeyman painters have received safety training equivalent in content to that covered in the Joint Apprenticeship program. At a minimum, address confined space safety, safe handling of flammables, emergency response and rescue, and fire prevention.
2008-01-I-CO-16
Publish safety guidance addressing the hazards and controls for using hazardous materials including flammables in confined spaces and the unique hazards of penstocks. At a minimum a. In controlling hazards in confined spaces, implement a hierarchy of controls by first attempting to eliminate hazards or substitute with a less hazardous material(s) or method(s). Examples include performing work outside of a confined space where reasonably practicable or substituting a flammable material with a non-flammable one. b. Establish a maximum permissible percentage substantially below the LEL for safe entry and occupancy of permit-required confined spaces. c. Recommend that confined spaces that are large, or part of a continuous system such as a penstock, always be managed as permit-required as defined in the OSHA Confined Space Standard, and that such spaces always be monitored for hazardous atmospheres both prior to entry and continuously in areas where work is being performed. d. Ensure that evacuation plans for penstocks that have only one egress point provide for alternative escape routes or refuge chambers. e. Provide guidance for implementing a written confined space rescue plan. Address staging and methods of rescue for each designated permit space including whether a rescue team is required to stand by outside the space. Require that confined space rescue teams be standing by at the permit spaces where the hazards pose an immediate threat to life or health, including the hazard of a potential flammable atmosphere. Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
2008-01-I-CO-18
Require that all journeyman painters who are employees and/or members have received safety training equivalent in content to that covered in the Joint Apprenticeship program. At a minimum, address confined space safety, safe handling of flammables, emergency response and rescue, and fire prevention. Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Require that all journeyman painters who are employees and/or members have received safety training equivalent in content to that covered in the Joint Apprenticeship program. At a minimum, address confined space safety, safe handling of flammables, emergency response and rescue, and fire prevention.
2008-01-I-CO-19
Include a safety knowledge and skills component to your journeyman and apprentice evaluation criteria. Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Include a safety knowledge and skills component to your journeyman and apprentice evaluation criteria.
2008-01-I-CO-8
Revise your policies for solicitation and procurement of construction services to a. Ensure that requests for proposals (RFPs) and selection processes include criteria and procedures for prequalifying or disqualifying contractors based on specific safety performance measures and qualifications. b. Implement written verification procedures for the safety information and documentation submitted by contractors during the bidding and selection process. Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Revise your policies for solicitation and procurement of construction services to a. Ensure that requests for proposals (RFPs) and selection processes include criteria and procedures for prequalifying or disqualifying contractors based on specific safety performance measures and qualifications. b. Implement written verification procedures for the safety information and documentation submitted by contractors during the bidding and selection process.
2008-01-I-CO-9
Revise your contractor safety policies to require a comprehensive review and evaluation of contractor safety policies and procedures such as the permit-required confined space program and safety performance of contractors working in confined spaces to ensure that any bidding contractor meets or exceeds Xcel Energy safety requirements. Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Revise your contractor safety policies to require a comprehensive review and evaluation of contractor safety policies and procedures such as the permit-required confined space program and safety performance of contractors working in confined spaces to ensure that any bidding contractor meets or exceeds Xcel Energy safety requirements.
2008-01-I-CO-10
Conduct periodic safety audits of contractor selection and oversight at your power-generating facilities to ensure adherence to corporate contractor procurement and safety policies. Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Conduct periodic safety audits of contractor selection and oversight at your power-generating facilities to ensure adherence to corporate contractor procurement and safety policies.
2008-01-I-CO-11
Report key findings, causes and recommendations of the CSB report to Xcel shareholders so that the owners of Xcel are fully informed of the report contents and how Xcel intends to prevent a similar accident in the future. Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Report key findings, causes and recommendations of the CSB report to Xcel shareholders so that the owners of Xcel are fully informed of the report contents and how Xcel intends to prevent a similar accident in the future.
2008-01-I-CO-12
Revise your confined space entry program and practices. At a minimum a. Require continuous monitoring for flammable atmospheres at appropriate locations and elevations within a confined space where work activities involve the use of flammables or where flammable atmospheres may be created. b. Prohibit entry or require evacuation of a confined space if the atmospheric concentration of flammable vapors is 10 percent of the LEL or higher. c. Ensure that confined spaces such as penstocks be managed as permit-required that are so large or part of a continuous system that they cannot be fully characterized from the entry point. Ensure that such spaces are monitored for hazardous atmospheres both prior to entry and continuously in areas where entrants are working. d. Ensure that evacuation plans for penstocks that have only one egress point provide for alternative escape routes and/or refuge chambers. e. Ensure the implementation of a written confined space rescue preplan for each designated permit space. Address staging and methods of rescue for each designated permit space including whether a rescue team is required to standby outside the space. Require that confined space rescue teams be standing by at the permit spaces where the hazards pose an immediate threat to life or health including the hazard of a potential flammable atmosphere. Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action/No Response Received