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Inspection Information - Office: Ca Foster City District Office | ||||
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| Nr: 315775775 | Report ID: 0950613 | Open Date: 05/15/2013 | ||
| Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc. | ||||
| 1100-1120 Veterans Blvd. South San Francisco, CA 94080 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: 4953/Refuse Systems | ||||
| NAICS: 562211/Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal | ||||
| Mailing: 1010 Commercial Street, San Jose, CA 95112 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 11/13/2013 | |
| Close Case: | 11/13/2013 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 102793916 | |||
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Current Violations | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Initial Penalty | $77,400 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $77,400 |
| Current Penalty | $50,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $50,000 |
| 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 | 3203 A | 11/14/2013 | 12/17/2013 | $7,000 | $18,000 | $0 | 12/10/2013 | F - Formal Settlement | |
| 2. | 02001 | Serious | 3380 F01 | 11/14/2013 | 12/17/2013 | $18,000 | $18,000 | $0 | 12/10/2013 | F - Formal Settlement | |
| 3. | 03001 | Serious | 5164 B | 11/14/2013 | 12/17/2013 | $7,000 | $5,400 | $0 | 12/10/2013 | F - Formal Settlement | |
| 4. | 04001 | Serious | 5417 E | 11/14/2013 | 12/17/2013 | $18,000 | $18,000 | $0 | 12/10/2013 | F - Formal Settlement | |
| Deleted | 5. | 05001 | Serious | 5418 C | 11/14/2013 | 12/17/2013 | $0 | $18,000 | $0 | 12/10/2013 | F - Formal Settlement |
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 201129715 | Event: 05/15/2013 | Employee Burned In Chemical Fire | ||||
| A serious incident occurred, as Employee #1, a chemist, was handling waste materials generated from the labs at the research company. Employee #1 had collected flammable liquids during a walk through of multiple lab stations and had brought them back to the hazardous waste processing bunker located onsite. Employee #1 had collected twenty gallons of flammable liquids comprised of multiple chemicals and forming one profiled waste stream. Employee #1 said he had taken a break from pouring the flammables in to the collection drum, but had left the lids open on the drum and a carboy of the flammable liquids. Upon his return, he said that he began to examine a glass ampoule of a pyrophoric liquid he had also collected on his rounds so that he could properly profile the chemical. As Employee #1 was standing over the open, the drum, he accidentally dropped the fragile glass ampoule and it landed in the drum funnel and it broke, allowing a spontaneous reaction to occur. Employee #1 said that the chemical caught fire and ignited the flammable vapors in the drum and in the bunker around him. Employee #1 was taken to a local area hospital, where he was hospitalized for four weeks for 3rd and 2nd degree burns to his head, face, neck, hands, arms and legs. | ||||||
| Keywords: burn, head, drum, fire, health care facility, chemical reaction, hazardous waste, chemical burn, face, chemical | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 315775775 | Hospitalized injury | Other | Chemical technicians | ||