Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1485776.015 - Luxco

Inspection Information - Office: Saint Louis Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1485776.015

Report ID: 0729300

Date Opened: 07/28/2020

Site Address:
Luxco
5050 Kemper Avenue
Saint Louis, MO 63139

Mailing Address:
5050 Kemper Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63139

Union Status: Union

SIC:

NAICS: 312140/Distilleries

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/28/2020

Emphasis: L:Repvehicle

Case Closed: 01/13/2021

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1619189	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 128142.015

Event: 07/07/2020

Employee incurs flash burns while pouring coloring into rum

At 11:00 a.m. on July 7, 2020, an employee was standing on a ladder pouring caramel color from its storage container into a 500 gallon batch of rum that was being made in a 1250 gallon tank. As the employee began to pour the caramel a flash occurred due to an electrostatic discharge contacting the alcohol vapors, which caused the employee to jump from the ladder. The employee was wearing safety glasses and ear plugs but sustained flash burns to his right hand, lower arm and singed hair and was hospitalized for treatment. The cause was an electrostatic discharge near the alcohol vapors.

Keywords: Accidental Discharge, Alcohol, Burn, Chemical, Chemical Vapor, Electrical, Fire, Flammable Vapors, Food processing, Goggles, Hair, Hand, Head, Ladder, Noise, Pouring, Tank, Vapor

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1485776.015	33	M	Hospitalized injury		Production helpers

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