Inspection Detail

Inspection: 126098763 - Parsons Energy & Chemical Group Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Los Angeles District Office

Inspection Nr: 126098763

Report ID: 0950641

Date Opened: 11/16/2001

Site Address:
Parsons Energy & Chemical Group Inc
721 Charles E Young Dr. South
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Mailing Address:
914 Westwood Bl. #812, Los Angeles, CA 90024

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:9611

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 12/12/2001

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 12/12/2001

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362574030
Accident	362583726

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201163532

Event: 11/16/2001

Gases Building Up in a Boiler Ignite and Burns Worker

At approximately 1:30 p.m. on November 16, 2001, Employee #1, a 21-year-old male, with Parsons Energy & Chemical Group Inc, that operates cogeneration facilities for UCLA. Employee #1 was in the facility where waste heat from boilers is harnessed to generate electrical power. Employee #1 was restarting a stand-by/waste heat boiler; the boiler did not fire the first time it was started, so Employee #1 made a second attempt to fire the boiler, which triggered an explosion in the forced draft fan area (which feeds fresh air and by-pass flue gas.) Employee #1 sustained cuts and a first degree burn on his face. It is suspected that the purging of unused gasses may not have been complete and unused gasses may have been by-passed back to the system causing the explosion at the fan.

Keywords: BURN, GAS-FIRED BOILER, BOILER, IGNITION SYSTEM, GAS

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126098763			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Supervisors, production occupations

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