Tacoma, WA —
OSHA Injury Report: Burlington Environmental LLC, A Clean Earth Environmental Solutions Inc. Co., Tacoma, WA
Respiratory condition · Days away from work
At a glance
On , a respiratory condition at Burlington Environmental LLC, A Clean Earth Environmental Solutions Inc. Co., Tacoma, WA in Tacoma, WA 98421 resulted in days away from work. Employee was environmental Technician I in hazardous waste treatment facilities.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Burlington Environmental LLC, A Clean Earth Environmental Solutions Inc. Co., Tacoma, WA
- Parent company
- Clean Earth Environmental Solutions, Inc.
- Street
- 1701 E. Alexander Ave
- City
- Tacoma
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 98421
- On-site location
- Lab Pack Station
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Respiratory condition (code 3)
- Days away from work
- 2
Before the incident
Employee was treating sodium azide in a five-gallon bucket inappropriately staged outside of the fume hood. Employee had not done a positive and negative pressure test on their respirator and did not have adequate respiratory protection.
What happened
Inadequate respiratory protection due to respirator policy deviation the employee was exposed to nitric acid fumes and Nox gasses as reaction byproducts from the reaction. The employee began to feel lightheaded removed respirator then began to exit the room then the employee briefly lost consciousness. Employee 's teammate kept the employee from falling.
Injury or illness
Loss of consciousness.
Object or substance involved
Sodium azide nitric acid and Nox fumes gasses.
Summary line
Respiratory system
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Environmental Technician I
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 562211 — Hazardous waste treatment facilities
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 92
- Total hours worked
- 178528
- EIN
- 262182042
- Establishment ID
- 1137504
- Employer case #
- 2023-ES370
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 10:20:00.000
- Submitted
- 21FEB24:21:40:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.