Inspection Detail

Inspection: 120047253 - Century City Hospital

Inspection Information - Office: Los Angeles District Office

Inspection Nr: 120047253

Report ID: 0950641

Date Opened: 01/14/1994

Site Address:
Century City Hospital
2070 Century Park East
Los Angeles, CA 90067

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:8062

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Health

Close Conference: 02/01/1994

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 06/15/1994

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362008617

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$2,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,000
Current Penalty	$2,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,000
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	5220 G01 B	02/08/1994	03/08/1994	$2,000	$2,000	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170606495

Event: 01/10/1994

Employees exposed to ethylene oxide during tank change

On Monday evening, January 10, 1994, an ethylene oxide leak occurred on the P-1 level of Century City Hospital in the Central Services Area. This occurred after Employee #3 (engineering staff) changed the ethylene oxide tank. Investigation showed that Employee #3 did not close the bleedoff valve during the tank change. The leak continued undetected for about 20 minutes, until Employee #1 (Central Services Employee) saw the visual alarm on the ethylene oxide monitoring equipment and told Employee #2 (Central Services Employee) to evacuate the area. Employee #2 went to the tank area and closed the bleedoff valve.

Keywords: LEAK, ETHYLENE OXIDE, WORK RULES, ALARM, VALVE, TANK

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120047253	Non Hospitalized injury	Cancer	Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c.
2	120047253	Non Hospitalized injury	Cancer	Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c.
3	120047253	Non Hospitalized injury	Cancer	Mechanical engineering technicians

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