Richmond, CA ·
OSHA Injury Report: "ConOps - West - Richmond, CA"
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at "ConOps - West - Richmond, CA" in 601 Canal Blvd, Richmond, CA 94804 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was operations Manager in wastewater.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- "ConOps - West - Richmond, CA"
- Parent company
- "Veolia Municipal Water ConOps, Inc."
- Street
- 601 Canal Blvd
- City
- Richmond
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 94804
- On-site location
- Richmond WPCP - Primary clarifier tank 1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Tank Cleaning
What happened
Description: An employee was working in the primary clarifier tank 1 to repair a chain and flight system that had broken. The drive chains consist of oval shaped polymeric plastic chain links about 8 inches in length that are connected together with small cotter pins. During the work the plastic chain was being maneuvered into position to align over a large sprocket and 2 of the links squeezed together and created a pinch point on the employee 's right index finger at the first knuckle. The employee was wearing 2 pairs of nitrile gloves as the work required dexterity in the fingers to maneuver the small pins in and out of the pin holes. Leather gloves would not be suitable for this type of work. There is no written SOP for this work as it is an out of scope activity. The employee believed it was just a pinch as the nitrile gloves did not rip open. After exiting the tank he noticed that there was blood when he removed his gloves. There was a cut on two sides of his knuckle. He washed an
Injury or illness
Cuts Laceration Puncture - Finger - Right
Object or substance involved
Machinery
Summary line
While repairing a broken chain in clarifier tank 1 an employee 's right index finger got pinched causing cuts despite wearing two pairs of gloves. Three stitches were needed at urgent care due to bleeding.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operations Manager
- SOC code
- 11-1021: General and Operations Managers
- NAICS code
- 221320: Wastewater
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 26
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 52,000
- EIN
- 930929498
- Establishment ID
- 994512
- Employer case #
- 23_3641
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 17:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-13
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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