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Inspection Information - Office: Marlton | ||||
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| Nr: 302714340 | Report ID: 0213900 | Open Date: 03/23/2000 | ||
| Ganes Chemical | ||||
| 33 Industrial Park Rd Pennsville, NJ 08070 | Union Status: Union | |||
| SIC: 2834/Pharmaceutical Preparations | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Health | Close Conference: | 08/16/2000 | |
| Close Case: | 11/02/2000 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 101771145 | |||
| Referral | 201773629 | Yes | Yes | |
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Current Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Initial Penalty | $3,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,500 |
| Current Penalty | $2,100 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,100 |
| 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 | 5A0001 | 08/22/2000 | 10/30/2000 | $2,100 | $3,500 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 201770948 | Event: 03/23/2000 | Two Employees Burned And One Injured In Explosion | ||||
| Three chemical operators were loading an intermediate pharmacological product from FIBC drums into a vacuum drier. The product was wet with residual heptane. After loading the first drum into the drier, a static discharge occurred inside the drier and ignited the heptane vapors. Employees #1 and #2 received 2nd and 3rd degree burns to the face, head, hands, and forearms. Employee #3 was knocked off a flight of stairs and received minor contusions. Employees #1 and #2 were hospitalized. Further investigation revealed that there was insufficient nitrogen in the drier and this allowed the vapor and oxygen mixture to reach the flammable range and ignite. | ||||||
| Keywords: burn, head, machinist, forearm, explosion, heptane, face, hand | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 302714340 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Separating, filtering & clarifying mach. operators | ||
| 2 | 302714340 | Non Hospitalized injury | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Separating, filtering & clarifying mach. operators | ||
| 3 | 302714340 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Separating, filtering & clarifying mach. operators | ||