Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals and Slings

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR Part 1910

Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals and Slings

AGENCY:

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION:

Final rule; technical amendments.

SUMMARY:

OSHA is issuing technical amendments for minor corrections to the Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals and Slings standards.

DATES:

Effective on April 15, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Press inquiries:

Frank Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of Communications; telephone: (202) 693-1999; email:

meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.

General and technical information:

Lisa Long, Director, Office of Engineering Safety, OSHA Directorate of Standards and Guidance; telephone: (202) 693-2222; email:

long.lisa@dol.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Summary and Explanation

Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals (§ 1910.1119)

Appendix A of the Process Safety Management (PSM) standard (§ 1910.1119) contains the “List of Highly Hazardous Chemicals, Toxics and Reactives.” A typographical error was recently discovered in the Chemical Abstract Service (“CAS”) number for the chemical “Methyl Vinyl Ketone.” The published version of the standard incorrectly lists the CAS number as “79-84-4;” the correct CAS number is “78-94-4.” The error first appears in the proposed rule of the standard (55 FR 29167, July 17, 1990). It should be noted that the incorrect CAS number, “79-84-4,” is not a valid CAS number and does not represent a different chemical. The error is that the numerals eight and nine of the CAS number for methyl vinyl ketone were accidentally switched when publishing the proposed rule. That error was repeated in the final rule (57 FR 6407, Feb. 24, 1991).

OSHA is correcting 29 CFR 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals to correct the CAS number for methyl vinyl ketone in Appendix A of the standard.

Slings (§ 1910.184)

On June 8, 2011, OSHA updated its standards regulating slings for general industry (§ 1910.184); shipyard employment (§§ 1915.112, 1915.113, and 1915.118), and construction (§ 1926.251). Modifications to these standards included removal of previous load capacity tables (§ 1910.184, tables N-184-1, N-184-3 through N-184-22; and G-1 through G-5, G-7, G-8, and G-10) and references to these tables (§ 1915.112; § 1915.113; and § 1926.251; tables H-1 and H-3 through H-19). The updated rule now requires employers to use slings with permanently affixed identification markings that depict the maximum load capacity. The final rule also provides similar protection for shackles in §§ 1915.113 and 1926.251.

OSHA is correcting 29 CFR 1910.184 Slings to restore two figures, Figure N-184-4 and Figure N-184-5,that were inadvertently removed by amendments published on June 8, 2011 (76 FR 33590; effective July 8, 2011). Figure N-184-4 shows the basic sling configurations with vertical legs. Figure N-184-5 shows the basic sling configurations with angled legs. Both of these figures are referenced in section (b) definitions of the standard and should not have been removed.

II. Exemption From Notice-and-Comment Procedures

OSHA determined that this rulemaking is not subject to the procedures for public notice and comment specified in Section 4 of the Administrative Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. 553), Section 6(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655(b)), and 29 CFR 1911.5. This rulemaking only corrects a minor typographical error and the erroneous deletion of illustrative figures and does not affect or change any existing rights or obligations. No stakeholder is likely to object to these corrections. Therefore, the agency finds good cause that public notice and comment are unnecessary within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), 29 U.S.C. 655(b), and 29 CFR 1911.5.

List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 1910

Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals; Slings.

Authority and Signature

Loren Sweatt, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, authorized the preparation of this document pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 653,655, and 657, Secretary's Order 1-2012 (77 FR 3912; Jan. 25, 2012), and 29 CFR part 1911.

Signed at Washington, DC, on April 4, 2019.

Loren Sweatt,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.

Accordingly, OSHA is correcting 29 CFR part 1910 with the following technical amendments:

PART 1910—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS

Subpart H—Hazardous Materials

1. The authority citation for subpart H of part 1910 continues to read as follows:

Authority:

Sections 4, 6, and 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657); Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017), or 5-2007 (72 FR 31159), 4-2010 (75 FR 55355) or 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), as applicable; and 29 CFR part 1911.Sections 1910.103, 1910.106 through 1910.111, and 1910.119, 1910.120, and 1910.122 through 1910.126 also issued under 29 CFR part 1911.

Section 1910.119 also issued under Section 304, Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-549), reprinted at 29 U.S.C.A. 655 Note.

Section 1910.120 also issued under Section 126, Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 as amended (29 U.S.C.A. 655 Note), and 5 U.S.C. 553.

2. In § 1910.119, revise appendix A to read as follows:

§ 1910.119

Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals.

Appendix A to § 1910.119—List of Highly Hazardous Chemicals, Toxics and Reactives (Mandatory)

This appendix contains a listing of toxic and reactive highly hazardous chemicals

which present a potential for a catastrophic event at or above the threshold quantity.

Chemical name

CAS *

TQ **

Acetaldehyde

75-07-0

2500

Acrolein (2-Propenal)

107-02-8

150

Acrylyl Chloride

814-68-6

250

Allyl Chloride

107-05-1

1000

Allylamine

107-11-9

1000

Alkylaluminums

Varies

5000

Ammonia, Anhydrous

7664-41-7

10000

Ammonia solutions (>44% ammonia by weight)

7664-41-7

15000

Ammonium Perchlorate

7790-98-9

7500

Ammonium Permanganate

7787-36-2

7500

Arsine (also called Arsenic Hydride)

7784-42-1

100

Bis(Chloromethyl) Ether

542-88-1

100

Boron Trichloride

10294-34-5

2500

Boron Trifluoride

7637-07-2

250

Bromine

7726-95-6

1500

Bromine Chloride

13863-41-7

1500

Bromine Pentafluoride

7789-30-2

2500

Bromine Trifluoride

7787-71-5

15000

3-Bromopropyne (also called Propargyl Bromide)

106-96-7

100

Butyl Hydroperoxide (Tertiary)

75-91-2

5000

Butyl Perbenzoate (Tertiary)

614-45-9

7500

Carbonyl Chloride (see Phosgene)

75-44-5

100

Carbonyl Fluoride

353-50-4

2500

Cellulose Nitrate (concentration >12.6% nitrogen)

9004-70-0

2500

Chlorine

7782-50-5

1500

Chlorine Dioxide

10049-04-4

1000

Chlorine Pentrafluoride

13637-63-3

1000

Chlorine Trifluoride

7790-91-2

1000

Chlorodiethylaluminum (also called Diethylaluminum Chloride)

96-10-6

5000

1-Chloro-2,4-Dinitrobenzene

97-00-7

5000

Chloromethyl Methyl Ether

107-30-2

500

Chloropicrin

76-06-2

500

Chloropicrin and Methyl Bromide mixture

None

1500

Chloropicrin and Methyl Chloride mixture

None

1500

Cumene Hydroperoxide

80-15-9

5000

Cyanogen

460-19-5

2500

Cyanogen Chloride

506-77-4

500

Cyanuric Fluoride

675-14-9

100

Diacetyl Peroxide (Concentration >70%)

110-22-5

5000

Diazomethane

334-88-3

500

Dibenzoyl Peroxide

94-36-0

7500

Diborane

19287-45-7

100

Dibutyl Peroxide (Tertiary)

110-05-4

5000

Dichloro Acetylene

7572-29-4

250

Dichlorosilane

4109-96-0

2500

Diethylzinc

557-20-0

10000

Diisopropyl Peroxydicarbonate

105-64-6

7500

Dilaluroyl Peroxide

105-74-8

7500

Dimethyldichlorosilane

75-78-5

1000

Dimethylhydrazine, 1,1-

57-14-7

1000

Dimethylamine, Anhydrous

124-40-3

2500

2,4-Dinitroaniline

97-02-9

5000

Ethyl Methyl Ketone Peroxide (also Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide; concentration >60%)

1338-23-4

5000

Ethyl Nitrite

109-95-5

5000

Ethylamine

75-04-7

7500

Ethylene Fluorohydrin

371-62-0

100

Ethylene Oxide

75-21-8

5000

Ethyleneimine

151-56-4

1000

Fluorine

7782-41-4

1000

Formaldehyde (Formalin)

50-00-0

1000

Furan

110-00-9

500

Hexafluoroacetone

684-16-2

5000

Hydrochloric Acid, Anhydrous

7647-01-0

5000

Hydrofluoric Acid, Anhydrous

7664-39-3

1000

Hydrogen Bromide

10035-10-6

5000

Hydrogen Chloride

7647-01-0

5000

Hydrogen Cyanide, Anhydrous

74-90-8

1000

Hydrogen Fluoride

7664-39-3

1000

Hydrogen Peroxide (52% by weight or greater)

7722-84-1

7500

Hydrogen Selenide

7783-07-5

150

Hydrogen Sulfide

7783-06-4

1500

Hydroxylamine

7803-49-8

2500

Iron, Pentacarbonyl

13463-40-6

250

Isopropylamine

75-31-0

5000

Ketene

463-51-4

100

Methacrylaldehyde

78-85-3

1000

Methacryloyl Chloride

920-46-7

150

Methacryloyloxyethyl Isocyanate

30674-80-7

100

Methyl Acrylonitrile

126-98-7

250

Methylamine, Anhydrous

74-89-5

1000

Methyl Bromide

74-83-9

2500

Methyl Chloride

74-87-3

15000

Methyl Chloroformate

79-22-1

500

Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide (concentration >60%)

1338-23-4

5000

Methyl Fluoroacetate

453-18-9

100

Methyl Fluorosulfate

421-20-5

100

Methyl Hydrazine

60-34-4

100

Methyl Iodide

74-88-4

7500

Methyl Isocyanate

624-83-9

250

Methyl Mercaptan

74-93-1

5000

Methyl Vinyl Ketone

78-94-4

100

Methyltrichlorosilane

75-79-6

500

Nickel Carbonly (Nickel Tetracarbonyl)

13463-39-3

150

Nitric Acid (94.5% by weight or greater)

7697-37-2

500

Nitric Oxide

10102-43-9

250

Nitroaniline (para Nitroaniline

100-01-6

5000

Nitromethane

75-52-5

2500

Nitrogen Dioxide

10102-44-0

250

Nitrogen Oxides (NO; NO

2

; N204; N203)

10102-44-0

250

Nitrogen Tetroxide (also called Nitrogen Peroxide)

10544-72-6

250

Nitrogen Trifluoride

7783-54-2

5000

Nitrogen Trioxide

10544-73-7

250

Oleum (65% to 80% by weight; also called Fuming Sulfuric Acid)

8014-95-7

1,000

Osmium Tetroxide

20816-12-0

100

Oxygen Difluoride (Fluorine Monoxide)

7783-41-7

100

Ozone

10028-15-6

100

Pentaborane

19624-22-7

100

Peracetic Acid (concentration >60% Acetic Acid; also called Peroxyacetic Acid)

79-21-0

1000

Perchloric Acid (concentration >60% by weight)

7601-90-3

5000

Perchloromethyl Mercaptan

594-42-3

150

Perchloryl Fluoride

7616-94-6

5000

Peroxyacetic Acid (concentration >60% Acetic Acid; also called Peracetic Acid)

79-21-0

1000

Phosgene (also called Carbonyl Chloride)

75-44-5

100

Phosphine (Hydrogen Phosphide)

7803-51-2

100

Phosphorus Oxychloride (also called Phosphoryl Chloride)

10025-87-3

1000

Phosphorus Trichloride

7719-12-2

1000

Phosphoryl Chloride (also called Phosphorus Oxychloride)

10025-87-3

1000

Propargyl Bromide

106-96-7

100

Propyl Nitrate

627-3-4

2500

Sarin

107-44-8

100

Selenium Hexafluoride

7783-79-1

1000

Stibine (Antimony Hydride)

7803-52-3

500

Sulfur Dioxide (liquid)

7446-09-5

1000

Sulfur Pentafluoride

5714-22-7

250

Sulfur Tetrafluoride

7783-60-0

250

Sulfur Trioxide (also called Sulfuric Anhydride)

7446-11-9

1000

Sulfuric Anhydride (also called Sulfur Trioxide)

7446-11-9

1000

Tellurium Hexafluoride

7783-80-4

250

Tetrafluoroethylene

116-14-3

5000

Tetrafluorohydrazine

10036-47-2

5000

Tetramethyl Lead

75-74-1

1000

Thionyl Chloride

7719-09-7

250

Trichloro (chloromethyl) Silane

1558-25-4

100

Trichloro (dichlorophenyl) Silane

27137-85-5

2500

Trichlorosilane

10025-78-2

5000

Trifluorochloroethylene

79-38-9

10000

Trimethyoxysilane

2487-90-3

1500

* Chemical Abstract Service Number.

** Threshold Quantity in Pounds (Amount necessary to be covered by this standard).

Subpart N—Materials Handling and Storage

3. The authority citation for subpart N of part 1910 continues to read as follows:

Authority:

29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017), 5-2002 (67 FR 65008), 5-2007 (72 FR 31159), 4-2010 (75 FR 55355), or 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), as applicable; and 29 CFR part 1911.

4. In § 1910.184, add Figures N-184-4 and N-184-5 immediately after Figure N-184-3 to read as follows:

§ 1910.184

Slings.

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