TranslateInspection Detail
Case Status: CLOSED |
Inspection Information - Office: Maryland Pssi | ||||
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| Nr: 1475140.015 | Report ID: 0352460 | Open Date: 05/13/2020 | ||
| Custom Performance Coating, Inc. | ||||
| 6802 Midcities Avenuenull Beltsville, MD 20705 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: | ||||
| NAICS: 332812/ Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers | ||||
| Mailing: 6802 Midcities Avenuenull, Beltsville, MD 20705 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Fat/Cat | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 08/14/2020 | |
| Close Case: | 04/21/2021 | |||
Case Status: CLOSED |
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| Current Violations | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| Initial Penalty | $4,350 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4,350 |
| Current Penalty | $2,400 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,400 |
| FTA Amount | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Violation Items | |||||||||||
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| # | ID | Type | Standard | Issuance | Abate | Curr$ | Init$ | Fta$ | Contest | LastEvent | |
| 1. | 01001 | Serious | 19100110 F02 II | 10/07/2020 | $525 | $1,050 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | |||
| 2. | 01002A | Serious | 19100124 A | 10/07/2020 | $630 | $1,050 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | |||
| 3. | 01002B | Serious | 19100124 G02 | 10/07/2020 | 10/16/2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 4. | 01002C | Serious | 19100124 H03 | 10/07/2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | |||
| 5. | 01003 | Serious | 19100132 F01 | 10/07/2020 | 11/10/2020 | $525 | $1,050 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 6. | 01004A | Serious | 19101200 E01 | 10/07/2020 | 11/10/2020 | $720 | $1,200 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 7. | 01004B | Serious | 19101200 F06 | 10/07/2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | |||
| 8. | 01004C | Serious | 19101200 G01 | 10/07/2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | |||
| 9. | 01004D | Serious | 19101200 H01 | 10/07/2020 | 11/10/2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 10. | 02001 | Other | 19100132 D02 | 10/07/2020 | 10/16/2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 11. | 02002 | Other | 19100134 C01 | 10/07/2020 | 10/16/2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 12. | 02003 | Other | 19100134 C03 | 10/07/2020 | 10/16/2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 13. | 02004 | Other | 19100134 E01 | 10/07/2020 | 11/10/2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 14. | 02005 | Other | 19100134 F01 | 10/07/2020 | 11/10/2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 15. | 02006 | Other | 19100134 H01 | 10/07/2020 | 10/16/2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 16. | 02007 | Other | 19100134 H02 I | 10/07/2020 | 10/16/2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 17. | 02008 | Other | 19100134 K | 10/07/2020 | 11/10/2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 18. | 02009 | Other | 19101052 D02 | 10/07/2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | |||
| 19. | 02010 | Other | 19101200 E01 I | 10/07/2020 | 10/16/2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 126160.015 | Event: 05/12/2020 | Employee Dies After Falling Into Industrial Paint Remover | ||||
| At 9:52 a.m. on May 12, 2020, an employee was working for a firm that performed powder coating, sandblasting, and miscellaneous jobs on parts and other customer -related items. He had been working for the firm for three days. Earlier in the morning, the shop manager had taken a 190-liter (50-gallon) rugged plastic tote containing B17 industrial paint remover to just outside the front of the buildin g. The tote contained 75 to 95 liters (20 to 25 gallons) of the paint remover. T he paint remover was used to remove dried paint from parts when errors were made during a powder coating operation. It was a corrosive liquid with a pH of 1 to 2, with ingredients such as methylene chloride, formic acid, phenol, and hydrofl uoric acid. The employee walked outside the front entrance to take his morning b reak. There were no witnesses or coworkers outside. Apparently the employee sat down on the tote's plastic lid. It gave way, and the employee was immersed in th e paint remover. He got back out of the tote, but a major portion of his body wa s covered with the chemicals. He immediately suffered chemical burns. He yelled, ran to the bathroom, and stripped his clothes off. The shop manager called the fire department and started hosing the employee off with a garden hose. Upon arr ival, the fire department loaded the employee into an ambulance and took him to the burn intensive care unit at Medstar Washington Hospital Center. The employee was treated for life-threatening injuries, but he died. The District of Columbi a's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner's autopsy report said that the employee had suffered third- and second-degree chemical burns over 34 percent of his bod y. During an investigation, the shop manager said that the employee was a labore r in training. His responsibilities included preparing metal parts for powder co ating, but he had not progressed to the point in training to work with the paint remover. The shop manager was primarily responsible for handling that liquid. | ||||||
| Keywords: chemical, chemical burn, coating operation, container, corrosive, dip tank, equipment failure, hydrofluoric acid, methylene chloride, storage tank | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 1475140.015 | Fatality | Painting and paint spraying machine operators | |||