Inspection Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Inspection: 314059460 - Adm Milling Co.

Inspection Information - Office: Omaha

Nr: 314059460	Report ID: 0728900	Open Date: 03/03/2011

Adm Milling Co.
540 South St Lincoln, NE 68502		Union Status: Union
SIC: 2041/Flour and Other Grain Mill Products
NAICS: 311211/Flour Milling
Mailing: 540 South St., Lincoln, NE 68502

Inspection Type:	Referral
Scope:	Partial	Advanced Notice:	N
Ownership:	Private
Safety/Health:	Health	Close Conference:	03/16/2011
Emphasis:	N:Chemnep	Close Case:	11/07/2011

Related Activity:	Type	ID	Safety	Health
	Referral	202943858		Yes

Violation Summary
	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	8					8
Current Violations	5			1		6
Initial Penalty	$41,400	$0	$0	$0	$0	$41,400
Current Penalty	$24,000	$0	$0	$3,400	$0	$27,400
FTA Amount	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
	#	ID	Type	Standard	Issuance	Abate	Curr$	Init$	Fta$	Contest	LastEvent
	1.	01001	Serious	19100119 E03	04/18/2011	09/30/2011	$5,000	$5,000	$0		I - Informal Settlement
	2.	01002	Serious	19100119 E04	04/18/2011	05/20/2011	$5,000	$5,000	$0		I - Informal Settlement
	3.	01003A	Serious	19100119 J02	04/18/2011	09/30/2011	$5,000	$5,000	$0		I - Informal Settlement
Deleted	4.	01003B	Serious	19100119 J04 IV	04/18/2011	06/20/2011	$0	$0	$0		I - Informal Settlement
	5.	01004	Serious	19100119 O04	04/18/2011	09/30/2011	$5,000	$5,000	$0		I - Informal Settlement
Deleted	6.	01005	Serious	19100120 Q06	04/18/2011	05/20/2011	$7,000	$7,000	$0		I - Informal Settlement
Deleted	7.	01006	Serious	19100132 A	04/18/2011	05/20/2011	$7,000	$7,000	$0		I - Informal Settlement
	8.	01007	Serious	19100151 C	04/18/2011	05/21/2011	$4,000	$4,000	$0		I - Informal Settlement
	9.	01008	Other	19101200 H03 II	04/18/2011	03/16/2011	$3,400	$3,400	$0		I - Informal Settlement

	Inspection		Degree	Nature	Occupation
Accident Investigation Summary
Summary Nr: 200053908		Event: 03/02/2011	Chlorine Leak Affects Eight And Sends Seven To The Hospital
At approximately 2:30 p.m. on March 2, 2011, six workers were employed as milling or planing machine operators at a corn and flour milling facility in Lincoln, NE. A chlorine leak was detected in the chlorine room, so the milling superintendent and a miller/operator entered the chlorine storage room and closed a manual valve on a manifold. The facility was evacuated, and members of the local fire department and hazmat team responded. The expanding cloud of chlorine gas seeped from the storage area on the east side of the facility. It entered the negative pressure mill and surrounding outside area. Employees working in the immediate area and in the mill were exposed. Employees were also exposed as they were evacuating their work areas. Seven employees were transported to three local hospitals. Six of the employees were treated and released without needing hospitalization. One employee remained hospitalized overnight. One additional employee was treated on the scene by fire department paramedics. Only the seven employees who were transported to the hospitals were mentioned in the narrative. Because some 8,000 lbs. of chlorine were at the facility, the site was subject to process safety management standards. It was later determined that a vacuum regulator in the chlorine process piping system had ruptured.
Keywords: leak, emergency response, agriculture, inhalation, chlorine, pipe, chemical vapor, process safety, toxic fumes, mill--plant
1	314059460		Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Milling and planing machine operators
2	314059460		Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Milling and planing machine operators
3	314059460		Hospitalized injury	Other	Milling and planing machine operators
4	314059460		Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Milling and planing machine operators
5	314059460		Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Milling and planing machine operators
6	314059460		Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Milling and planing machine operators
7	314059460		Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Milling and planing machine operators

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