While working at xxttrium I experienced many health and safety hazards. First off, xxtrium produces various products such as an prescribed oral rinse. One of the main ingredients is SDA alcohol and a few other active NON harmful ingredients that are added. They also produce a antiseptic hand soap that has a several active ingredients such as IPA alcohol, ninol, laneto, rhodasurf and 20% ( 20 % is a solution hat xxtrium produces and that becomes an active ingredient for our other products. My roll then was cleaning production tanks inside and out, I would prepare our chlorhexidine base drums for when we were going to dump chlorhexidine base and that would be twice a week. I would also clean the entire mixing room. That being said my boss had me jump inside a tank called 09-701 which is a 20% tank and scrub it with absolutely no PPE in April of 2018. I forgot to mention he blocked me from being seen by the camera. I almost passed out inside the tank and fell against the blade in the middle of tank from the fumes alone. When I brought it to ediberto attention he just ignored me. I was sick for two weeks my lungs felt ripped from all the 70% IPA fumes from cleaning so much. I’ve asked several times for a respirator for when I’m cleaning the tanks and no request was ever granted. We also have to spray the inside of the tank with hot/cold water. So I stand at the top of the tank and clean it for 30 mins. While spraying any tank with hot water ( hot water becomes an active ingredient) I’m getting hit with all these fumes that are rising because I’m standing at the top by the door panels and I’m just ingesting all these fumes. All the vapor respirators were broken.. I tried using one and my boss asked me why I’m using it ? It just seems like when you talk about safety it turns into complaining. He said if someone came in for a walk through and saw you wearing a respirator it would throw them off and make whom ever wonder what we’re doing in here.. I was completely thrown off and felt disrespected. Every batch we make had a massive amount of alcohol in them or harmful ingredient. Some batches sit for a few days and after when the tank is empty those fumes are still there stuck on walls. Hence that’s why we have to clean the tank and get it ready for the next batch. It’s all about exposure and how long your being exposed. I would have massive headaches throughout the day and wondered why. Sometimes I would have to hold my nose opening a tank. My boss ignored my request and I honestly was sick so much working there. While the other guys were dumping chlorhexidine base. Eberto would have me go out there and do several petty task.. that could have waited 30 minutes until there done dumping. I might as well put on respirator at that point. While preparing the drums of base we would have to open the 40 lb drum, pop the yellow seals and pull one bag over the drum so it would be easier for dumping. While doing that you are lifting residual base in the air. Only PPE I was giving was a little hospital mask.. once again when I brought this to Eberto attention ignored again. All of the documentation there is inaccurate and faulty. I basically mean eberto lies about production orders. It’s same thing with logging daily books, pump washes, and tank washes. Everything that’s time oriented there he makes up and puts it on a post it for his employees to follow. He just sits in his office looking at shoes and comes out when he wants or needs something. Very very unorganized and does not care about health and safety standards Or maybe he’s just an idiot and oblivious.
