WELDING on USED drums!
At 12:00 p.m. on November 5, 2019, Employee #1 was making a small spot weld on a piece of metal. He was performing the weld on a drum of that contained flammable windshield washer fluid. There was an explosive reaction, and the cover of drum hit the employee’s face. Liquid splashed on the employee and was ignited by the explosion. Employee #1’s clothes caught on fire. He sustained body burns and was killed.
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Violation Summary
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Current Violations | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Initial Penalty | $5,205 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,205 |
| Current Penalty | $5,205 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,205 |
| 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 |
19100252 A02 VI C – In the presence of explosive atmospheres (mixtures of flammable gases, vapors, liquids, or dusts with air), or explosive atmospheres that may develop inside uncleaned or improperly prepared tanks or equipment which have previously contained such materials, or that may develop in areas with an accumulation of combustible dusts. |
03/04/2020 | 04/08/2020 | $2,892 | $2,892 | $0 | Z – Issued | |
| 2. | 01002A | Serious |
19101200 E01 – Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following: |
03/04/2020 | 04/22/2020 | $2,313 | $2,313 | $0 | Z – Issued | |
| 3. | 01002B | Serious |
19101200 G08 – The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.) |
03/04/2020 | 04/22/2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | Z – Issued | |
| 4. | 01002C | Serious |
19101200 H01 – Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets. |
03/04/2020 | 04/22/2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | Z – Issued | |
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