OSHA Injury Report: SC271 Clarendon OSB

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

On [REDACTED] a night shift employee noticed high water in the caustic tank secondary containment. To prevent pump damage they activated and activated the area sump.

What happened

The employee was not aware the liquid was a caustic rain-water mix. Liquid transferred from the caustic containment to the [REDACTED] secondary containment drained to the [REDACTED] 2 sump area and was pumped into the recycle tank. The caustic caused the pH to spike which caused the system to foam over. To stop the unit from foaming and overfilling the secondary containment employes used five-gallon buckets to transfer defoamer into the tank. During this process one employee was exposed to steam smoke coming out of the tank.

Injury or illness

0

Object or substance involved

Defoamer

Summary line

Signs and symptoms of acute irritation of the respiration system.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.