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(ii)

Date investigation began;

(iii) A description of the incident;

(iv) The factors that contributed to the incident; and,

(v)

Any recommendations resulting from the investigation.

(5)

The employer shall establish a system to promptly address and resolve the incident report

findings and recommendations. Resolutions and corrective actions shall be documented.

(6)

The report shall be reviewed with all affected personnel whose job tasks are relevant to the

incident findings including contract employees where applicable.

(7)

Incident investigation reports shall be retained for five years.

(n) Emergency planning and response.

The employer shall establish and implement an emergency action plan for the entire plant in

accordance with the provisions of 29 CFR 1910.38(a). In addition, the emergency action plan

shall include procedures for handling small releases. Employers covered under this standard may

also be subject to the hazardous waste and emergency response provisions contained in 29 CFR

1910.120(a), (p) and (q).

(o) Compliance Audits.

(1)

Employers shall certify that they have evaluated compliance with the provisions of this

section at least every three years to verify that the procedures and practices developed

under the standard are adequate and are being followed.

(2)

The compliance audit shall be conducted by at least one person knowledgeable in the

process.

(3)

A report of the findings of the audit shall be developed.

(4)

The employer shall promptly determine and document an appropriate response to each of

the findings of the compliance audit, and document that deficiencies have been corrected.

(5)

Employers shall retain the two (2) most recent compliance audit reports.

(p) Trade secrets.

(1)

Employers shall make all information necessary to comply with the section available to

those persons responsible for compiling the process safety information (required by

paragraph (d) of this section), those assisting in the development of the process hazard

analysis (required by paragraph (e) of this section), those responsible for developing the

operating procedures (required by paragraph (f) of this section), and those involved in

incident investigations (required by paragraph (m) of this section), emergency planning and

response (paragraph (n) of this section) and compliance audits (paragraph (o) of this

section) without regard to possible trade secret status of such information.

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