Inspection Detail

Inspection: 111803037 - Sri International

Inspection Information - Office: Foster City District Office

Inspection Nr: 111803037

Report ID: 0950613

Date Opened: 10/27/1995

Site Address:
Sri International
333 Ravenswood Ave
Menlo Park, CA 94025

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:8731

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: Y

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/24/1996

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 02/07/1997

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362304206

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$300	$0	$300
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citation Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Other	14001 B	04/26/1996	05/29/1996	$0	$300	$0	05/17/1996	F - Formal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170378392

Event: 10/19/1995

Employee's fingers amputated in chemical explosion

At 5:45 p.m. on October 19, 1995, Employee #1 was cleaning up his lab at a research institute when he noticed that a round-bottomed flask on his lab bench was missing a stopper. When he picked up the flask to put in a new stopper, the flask exploded. His left middle, ring, and little fingers were amputated and he sustained numerous lacerations on his left arm, neck, and torso. The flask contained 10 g of a material that he had synthesized three weeks earlier. The material was a preceramic polymeric precursor to silicon nitride. No previous research had indicated that a preceramic polymer of this type could explode.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, EXPLOSIVE MIXING, FINGER, EXPLOSION, LAB WORKER, CHEMICAL REACTION, CHEMICAL, INATTENTION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111803037			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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