Sri International: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Aug 26, 2005 (fatal): Employee found dead from natural causes

On August 26, 2005, Employee #1 was found dead inside the women's shower of natu ral causes.

Incident on Oct 19, 1995: Employee's fingers amputated in chemical explosion

At 5:45 p.m. on October 19, 1995, Employee #1 was cleaning up his lab at a resea rch institute when he noticed that a round-bottomed flask on his lab bench was m issing a stopper. When he picked up the flask to put in a new stopper, the flask exploded. His left middle, ring, and little fingers were amputated and he susta ined numerous lacerations on his left arm, neck, and torso. The flask contained 10 g of a material that he had synthesized three weeks earlier. The material was a preceramic polymeric precursor to silicon nitride. No previous research had i ndicated that a preceramic polymer of this type could explode.

Incident on Jan 2, 1992 (fatal): Struck by flying object

A scientific team was working in a research laboratory. A gas leak developed in part of the experimental apparatus, so the team decided to remove a part from a water bath to inspect it. Without deenergizing the apparatus, one of the employe es lifted the part onto the edge of the bath. As he set the part down, it explod ed. A piece of metal was projected at high velocity, and the projectile struck t he employee in the head. He died of his injury.