Inspection Detail

Inspection: 124650029 - Divex Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Sc Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation

Inspection Nr: 124650029

Report ID: 0454510

Date Opened: 09/06/1993

Site Address:
Divex Inc.
Montgomery Road
Columbia, SC 29203

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3482

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: No Insp/Other

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Health

Close Conference: 09/13/1993

Planning Guide: Health-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/03/1994

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360498190

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 675256

Event: 09/06/1993

Employee killed in hazardous waste explosion

Employee #1, the company president, was killed when an aqueous solution was poured into a drum containing a mixture of sulfuric acid and undetermined hazardous waste containing reactive/explosive chemicals, causing an explosion.

Keywords: EXPLOSION, CHEMICAL REACTION, SULFURIC ACID, CHEMICAL

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124650029			Fatality	Other	Chemists, except biochemists

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