Hydrosol, Inc. - Accident History

Accident on 1995-06-29 12:31:00

Industry (NAICS):	All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product Manufacturing (325998)
Duration of Release:	00:01:00

Release Event

Gas Release?	n
Liquid Spill/Evaporation?	n
Fire?	y
Explosion?	n

Release Source

Storage Vessel:	n
Piping:	n
Process Vessel:	n
Transfer Hose:	n
Valve:	n
Pump:	n
Joint:	n
Other Release Source:	Aerosol filling line

Weather Conditions at the Time of Event

Wind:	9 Miles an Hour blowing West at 82 Degrees Fahrenheit
Atmospheric Stability Class:	b
Precipitation Present?	n
Unknown Weather Conditions?	n

On-Site Impacts

Employee or Contractor Deaths:	0
Public Responder Deaths:	0
Public Deaths:	0
Employee or Contractor Injuries:	4
Public Responder Injuries:	0
Public Injuries:	0
On-site Property Damage ($):	100

Known Off-Site Impacts

Deaths:	0
Hospitalization:	0
Other Medical Treatments:	0
Evacuated:	0
Sheltered-in-place:	0
Off-site Property Damage ($):	0

Environmental Damage

Fish or Animal Kills:	n
Tree, Lawn, Shrub, or Crop Damage:	n
Water Contamination:	n
Soil Contamination:	n
Other Environmental Damage:

Initiating Event

Unkown

Contributing Factors

Equipment failure:	n
Human error:	n
Improper procedures:	n
Overpressurization:	n
Upset condition:	n
By-pass condition:	n
Maintenance activity/inactivity:	n
Process design failure:	n
Unsuitable equipment:	n
Unusual weather condition:	n
Managment error:	n
Other contributing factor:	Unexpected build-up of static charge during aerosol packaging operation

Off-site Responders Notified

Notified and Responded

Changes Introduced as a Result of the Accident

Improved or upgraded equipment:	y
Revised maintenance:	n
Revised training:	y
Revised operating procedures:	y
New process controls:	n
New mitigation systems:	n
Revised emergency response plan:	n
Changed process:	y
Reduced inventory:	n
None:	n
Other changes introduced:

Confidention Business Information

Chemicals in Accident History

0% of 1 lbs. of the Flammable Chemical "Propane", CAS: 74-98-6.
0% of 1 lbs. of the Flammable Chemical "Butane", CAS: 106-97-8.

Accident on 1999-05-17 16:20:00

Industry (NAICS):	All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product Manufacturing (325998)
Duration of Release:	00:01:00

Release Event

Gas Release?	n
Liquid Spill/Evaporation?	n
Fire?	y
Explosion?	n

Release Source

Storage Vessel:	n
Piping:	n
Process Vessel:	y
Transfer Hose:	n
Valve:	n
Pump:	n
Joint:	n
Other Release Source:

Weather Conditions at the Time of Event

Wind:	10 Miles an Hour blowing South at 65 Degrees Fahrenheit
Atmospheric Stability Class:	c
Precipitation Present?	y
Unknown Weather Conditions?	n

On-Site Impacts

Employee or Contractor Deaths:	0
Public Responder Deaths:	0
Public Deaths:	0
Employee or Contractor Injuries:	0
Public Responder Injuries:	0
Public Injuries:	0
On-site Property Damage ($):	100

Known Off-Site Impacts

Deaths:	0
Hospitalization:	0
Other Medical Treatments:	0
Evacuated:	0
Sheltered-in-place:	0
Off-site Property Damage ($):	0

Environmental Damage

Fish or Animal Kills:	n
Tree, Lawn, Shrub, or Crop Damage:	n
Water Contamination:	n
Soil Contamination:	n
Other Environmental Damage:

Initiating Event

Equipment failure

Contributing Factors

Equipment failure:	y
Human error:	n
Improper procedures:	n
Overpressurization:	n
Upset condition:	n
By-pass condition:	n
Maintenance activity/inactivity:	n
Process design failure:	n
Unsuitable equipment:	n
Unusual weather condition:	n
Managment error:	n
Other contributing factor:

Off-site Responders Notified

Notified and Responded

Changes Introduced as a Result of the Accident

Improved or upgraded equipment:	n
Revised maintenance:	n
Revised training:	n
Revised operating procedures:	n
New process controls:	n
New mitigation systems:	n
Revised emergency response plan:	n
Changed process:	n
Reduced inventory:	n
None:	n
Other changes introduced:	Under review

Confidention Business Information

Chemicals in Accident History

0% of 1 lbs. of the Flammable Chemical "Pentane", CAS: 109-66-0.

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