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Inspection Information - Office: Concord | ||||
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| Nr: 17901349 | Report ID: 0111700 | Open Date: 06/12/1991 | ||
| Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. | ||||
| Beacon St. Littleton, NH 03561 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: 3559/Special Industry Machinery, Not Elsewhere Classified | ||||
| Mailing: P. O. Box 679, Littleton, NH 03561 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Referral | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Health | Close Conference: | 06/13/1991 | |
| Close Case: | 06/24/1992 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Referral | 901756155 | Yes | ||
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Current Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Initial Penalty | $3,750 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,750 |
| Current Penalty | $1,875 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,875 |
| FTA Amount | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Violation Items | |||||||||||
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| # | ID | Type | Standard | Issuance | Abate | Curr$ | Init$ | Fta$ | Contest | LastEvent | |
| Deleted | 1. | 01001 | Serious | 5A0001 | 07/17/1991 | 07/20/1991 | $1,875 | $1,875 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | |
| Deleted | 2. | 01002 | Serious | 19101200 D01 | 07/17/1991 | 08/17/1991 | $1,875 | $1,875 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | |
| 3. | 01003A | Serious | 19101200 D01 | 07/17/1991 | 07/20/1991 | $1,875 | $0 | $0 | Q - National Office Adjustment | ||
| 4. | 01003B | Serious | 19101200 D01 | 07/17/1991 | 08/17/1991 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - | ||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 14528970 | Event: 06/12/1991 | Employee Burned When Dust Collector Explodes | ||||
| Employee #1 was feeding 400 lb of granular polyalphamethyl styrene (CAS 25014-31-7) through a Mikropal #3 micropulverizer (equipped with a .032 in. screen) into a Mikropal Mikro-Pulsaire dry dust collector. The Mikro-Pulsaire unit has a continuously self-cleaning bag filter located inside the building and had no provision for explosion relief or venting. Apparently a piece of metal between 1 and 2 in. got past the magnet in the micropulverizer, ignited the dust in the system, and caused a fire and explosion that blew open the access door to the dust collector. Employee #1 was standing about 10 ft from the door and sustained second- and third degree-burns on his hands and face. | ||||||
| Keywords: burn, explosion venting, work rules, fire, dust collector, explosion, styrene, combustible dust, face, hand | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 17901349 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Occupation not reported | ||