WRONG Chemical – WRONG Container @ Brewery (Chlorine)

At 10:10 a.m. on February 1, 2022, an employee connected the wrong chemical tote, (i.e., Dilac instead of Dibac) to a day tank containing a chlorine solution. The chemical reaction of the two chemicals caused a vapor release. Eight employees sustained unspecified respiratory illnesses, and six were hospitalized for treatment.

**Violation Summary**
	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	7			1		8
Current Violations	3			3		6
Initial Penalty	$21,200	$0	$0	$800	$0	$22,000
Current Penalty	$8,800	$0	$0	$6,800	$0	$15,600
FTA Amount	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	ID	Type	Standard	Issuance	Abate	Curr$	Init$	Fta$	LastEvent
1.	01001A	Other	19100022 A01	07/15/2022	10/20/2022	$3,200	$3,200	$0	P – Petition to Mod Abatement
2.	01001B	Other	19100037 A03	07/15/2022	10/20/2022	$0	$0	$0	P – Petition to Mod Abatement
3.	01002	Serious	19100037 B06	07/15/2022	08/19/2022	$2,800	$2,800	$0	I – Informal Settlement
4.	01003	Serious	19100038 D	07/15/2022	08/19/2022	$2,800	$2,800	$0	I – Informal Settlement
5.	01004A	Serious	19100132 A	07/15/2022	08/19/2022	$3,200	$3,200	$0	I – Informal Settlement
6.	01004B	Serious	19100132 F01	07/15/2022	08/19/2022	$0	$0	$0	I – Informal Settlement
7.	01004C	Serious	19100133 A01	07/15/2022	08/19/2022	$0	$0	$0	I – Informal Settlement
8.	01005	Other	19100146 C04	07/15/2022	08/19/2022	$2,800	$2,800	$0	I – Informal Settlement
9.	01006	Serious	19100151 C	07/15/2022	08/19/2022	$3,200	$3,200	$0	I – Informal Settlement
10.	01007A	Serious	19101200 H01	07/15/2022		$2,400	$3,200	$0	I – Informal Settlement
11.	01007B	Serious	TDLWD RULE 800-01-09-.07(4)	07/15/2022		$0	$0	$0	I – Informal Settlement
12.	02001	Other	TDLWD RULE 800-01-03-.04(3)(B)2	07/15/2022		$800	$800	$0	I – Informal Settlement

Source: https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1575962.015

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