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12a' Main Sheet
Nor,h Arido er, Mass. 01345
WILLIAM V. COLAN
Chief or Department Tel. (503) -386-38 2
FIRE CHIEF'S REPORT
INCIDENT 80 FLAGSHIP DRIVE - CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL LABS.
DATE OF INCIDENT 12/20/92
DATE OF REPORT 12/21/92
The Fire Chief received a page from fire dispatch and upon calling
the Chief was informed that Lt. Melnikas requested that he respond to
80 Flagship Drive.- Central Industrial Labs.
A fire had occurred in a vat of copper cyanide. Smoke for the
deterioration of the plastic vat and vent stack had apparently tripped
the smoke detector and transmitted the fire alarm box.
While responding the Chief was informed that the fire was out.
Upon arrival the Chief met with Lts. Melnikas and Martineau.
The fire had been contained to the area of the vat and the adjacent
exhaust piping. A quantity of the contents of the vat mixed with the
water from the hose line was on the floor in the work area. None of
the liquid material had entered the drains and was confined to the
dike work area. The liquid was brownish in appearance.
Lt. Melnikas informed the Chief that he and firefighter Garvey had
entered the room and using, an inch and three quarter hose line had
extinguished the fire.
The Chief directed firefighter Wentworth to use C-1 to obtain his
camera equipment, and had firefighter Garvey conduct the fire
investigation.
The Chief ordered the inch and three quarter line from the building
since it was not required and some of the couplings were leaking in
the hallway adjacent to the work area.
The Chief then directed that the following agencies be contacte& to
come to the scene: the building inspector, the electrical inspector,
someone from the Board of Health and DPW.
Lt. Melnikas and Firefighter Garvey were utilizing a phone at the
facility to contact a response person from the facility.
Of the Town agencies contacted only the wiring inspector, John
Thompson and Dr. Rizza from the Board of Health arrived at the scene.
The DPW director, George Perna, did call back to fire dispatch but at
the direction of the Fire Chief was told he need not respond. DPW was
called relative to cross connections in the sewer, but the Chief
ascertained that the system was a closed loop.
The Chief ordered that Lt. Melnikas and FF Garvey remove their
protective pants and isolate the length of hose used in the work area.
This was to limit skin contact with the then unknown material .
These protective pants and hose were sent to National Safety Clean
in Pennsylvania for decon. Firefighter Garvey's gloves, nomex hood
wool mittens and rut)t,(ir hots were replaced as the result of direct
exposure to the chemi(-a_1s. Lt. Melnikas' gloves were replaced. Each
man was provided with rer-erne protective pants.
Contaminated was plticc-d in plastic bags and transported to the Fire
Station.
These two personnel were the only two directly exposed to the liquid
as they had knelt in the fluid during the extinguishment of the fire.
All personnel who entered the building were required to fill out a
hazardous material exposure, form.
Facility personnel arri'/ed and with the assistance of Mr. Frank
Freitis were given the cr,pies of the MSDS sheets for the chemical
involved. These were copied at the scene (three copies) one for the
Chief, one for fire investigation and one for Dr. Rizza.
The Chief had released all companies from the scene with the
exception of Engine 2 which remained on scene to conduct the
investigation. Lt. Casale on the night shift arrived and informed Mr.
Freitis to contact DEP. I.t. Casale is the Right to Know Officer for
the department and will k)e filing a separate report, of which this
report will be a part.
The Chief informed Mr. Freitis that the company would be responsible
for cleanup of the material and those personnel were on scene and
began the process. He wiir; also informed that the company would be
billed for the cleaning and replacement of firefighting equipment
cleaning and replacement under 21E.
The Chief reset the fire alarm panel.
At this point the Chief (_eft the scene with Lt. Melnikas in overall
command and FF Garvey in charge of the investigation.
END OF REPORT
December 21 , 1992 WILLIAM V. DOLAN FIRE CHIEF
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I have called the _Northe,�st regional office of D.E.P. on
December 22, 1992 and gave a c®mplete description of the
events that took place on December 20, 1992 to Mr. Mike
Gorrasi and was told no additional steps had to be taken and
that the information was on file.
Finally, as a means of corrective action, Central has
determined heated tanks will not be left "on" or unattended
while the facility is not in a production shift and
additional research into liquid level float switches will be
forthcoming to automatically control on/off functions of all
heaters in process tanks.
I appreciate your time and assistance. Please contact me
should further information be required.
Respectfully,
C771a(�
Frank Freitas
Quality Assurance Manager
c.c. Carol Shibles
Lt. Cassile NAFD
John Garvey II NAFD
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CENTRAL
METAL FMISHING INC.
METAL FINISHING FOR THE AEROSPACE AND RELATED INDUSTRIES
December 22, 1992
Mr. Joel Weddig
Massachusetts Department of Labor
and Industries
Division of Occupational Hygiene
1001 Watertown Street
West Newton, MA 02165
Dear Joel,
Per your request I am sending you this letter to confirm
our telecon of December 22, 1992 and review the incident of
December 20, 1992 at Central Metal Finishing, Inc. .
At approximately 4:00 p.m. December 20, 1992, I was
advised by my Emergency Response Coordinator that a fire
had occurred at the facility (no personnel were present at
the time) and the North Andover Fire Department required our
assistance in determining cause and clean up procedures.
I arrived at Central Metal Finishing at approximately
4:20 p.m. and determined a copper plate strip tank had been
melted and eventually caught fire due to a faulty heater
within the tank. I supplied the fire department with a MSDS
of the chemical content of the tank (sodium cyanide based)
and proceeded to wet vacuum the contents of the spill on the
plating floor of approximately 20 gallons.
The spill was completely contained to the. plating floor
and did not spread beyond the immediate vicinity of the strip
tank. The Emergency Response Coordinator and two additional
Lab Technicians arrived at the scene and cleaned all affected
areas. Protective Tyvek clothing was used in conjunction with
rubber boots and gloves by all responding personnel.
Articles of clothing were disposed of and all boots and
gloves were thoroughly rinsed after response to the .spill.
The North Andover- Fire Department stayed at Central
until all questions had been answered and pertinent
information was revealed and satisfactory cleanup had taken
place.
Subsequent to the incident, the North Andover Fire
Department has visited Central on December 21, 1992 to verify
all cleanup operations had been completed and to secure
additional information regarding their report of the
incident.
80 Flagship Drive, No. Andover, MA 01845 •
(508) 685-4811 Fax (508) 975-1123
COMPLAINT NUMBER DATE:
130 DECEMBER 21, 199
COMPLAINTANT:BILL DOLAN, FIRE CHIEF CLOSE DATE:
ADDRESS:N.A. FIRE DEPT PHONE: 686-3812
OWNER: PHONE #:
ADDRESS:80 FLAGSHIP DRIVE
INSPECTION DATE: DECEMBER 20, 1992 ORDER L DATE:
COMPLAINT:DR. RIZZA, BOH MEMBER, CONTACTED BY N.A. FIRE DEPT. ON 12/21/92
REGARDING FIRE, CHEMICAL INVOLVED WAS SODIUM CYANIDE. MSDS
PROVIDED.
ACTION:
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NO aU104,
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COMPLAINT NUMBER DATE:
#72 JULY 27, 1992
COMPLAINTANT:LT. KEN LONG CLOSE DATE:
ADDRESS:FIRE DEPARTMENT PHONE:
OWNER:CENTRAL METAL FINISHING PHONE #:
ADDRESS:80 FLAGSHIP DRIVE
INSPECTION DATE: JULY 27, 1992 ORDER L DATE:
COMPLAINT:LT. LONG CALLED STATING THAT A SPILL HAD OCCURED AT THIS LOCATION.
ACTION: ARRIVED AT 9: 17 AM. NO CHEMICAL SPILL HAD OCCURED AT THIS LOCATION.
BOILER WHICH INTRODUES STEAM TO EVAPORATE WASTE WATER THROUGH THE
PLATING PROCESS WAS LEFT ON OVER THE WEEKEND AND BOILER WATER OVERLOWED
INTO 55 GALLON DRIJM ON EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
SEE INSPECTION REPORT IN FILE.
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