Inspection Detail

Inspection: 303731962 - United States Cold Storage, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Omaha Area Office

Inspection Nr: 303731962

Report ID: 0728900

Date Opened: 06/24/2002

Site Address:
United States Cold Storage, Inc.
10711 Olive St.
Omaha, NE 68128

Mailing Address:
4302 S 30th St, Omaha, NE 68107

Union Status: Union

SIC:4222

NAICS: 493120/Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage

Inspection Type: Unprog Rel

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Health

Close Conference: 06/25/2002

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/15/2002

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	200053411		Yes

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	3					3
Current Violations	3					3
Initial Penalty	$12,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$12,500
Current Penalty	$12,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$12,500
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Latest Event
1.	01001	Serious	19100147 C03 I	09/13/2002	10/16/2002	$2,500	$2,500	$0	-
2.	01002	Serious	19100252 A02 IV	09/13/2002	10/16/2002	$5,000	$5,000	$0	-
3.	01003	Serious	19100252 A03 I	09/13/2002	10/16/2002	$5,000	$5,000	$0	-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200051696

Event: 06/21/2002

Seven employees burned in fire at cold storage facility

On June 21, 2002, Employees #1 through #5 with Prime Refrigeration, and Employees #6 and #7 with United States Cold Storage, were burned in a flash fire/explosion at a cold storage facility in Omaha, NE. One of the Prime Refrigeration employees was using an oxy/acetylene torch to cut into an ammonia cooling system vessel that had been evacuated of ammonia and drained of lubricating oil. The vessel had evidently not been thoroughly cleaned or purged, allowing residual oil to fuel the fire. Employees #1 and #2 were hospitalized, and the others were treated and released.

Keywords: AMMONIA, CLEANING, PURGING, BURN, FIRE, LUBRICATING FLUID

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303731962			Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Industrial engineers
2	303731962			Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Operating engineers

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