OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14212385
BURN,LEAK,PPE,LADLE,MOLTEN SLAG,MOLTEN METAL
Event description
BURNED BY MOLTEN STEEL AND SLAG
Investigation abstract
ON MARCH 8, 1985, SIX EMPLOYEES WERE BURNED WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK BY SPLASHING M OF THE LEAK. EMPLOYEE #4 WAS AT HIS NORMAL WORK STATION. THE TRANSFER OF STEEL W AS BEING MADE NEXT TO HIS WORK STATION. EMPLOYEE #3 WAS JUST COMING UP TO SEE IF HE COULD BE OF ASSISTANCE. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS OPERATING THE POURING ROD AND EMPLOY EE #1 WAS ADDING SILICON TO THE HEAT TO BE SURE THAT IT WAS "KILLED". THERE WAS A REACTION AND SUBSEQUENT ERUPTION OF MOLTEN STEEL AND SLAG FROM THE IRON LADLE. OF THE SIX PEOPLE PRESENT, THREE WERE NOT WEARING THE PRESCRIBED PPE FOR EMPLOY EES POURING STEEL (EMPLOYEES 4,5 AND 6). OLTEN STEEL AND SLAG. AT APPROXIMATLY 10 AM, THE NO. 2 FURNACE WAS TAPPED OF A H EAT OF KILLED STEEL. APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY THROUGH THE TAP IT WAS NOTED THAT TH E NOZZLE OF THE BOTTOM-POUR STEEL LADLE WAS LEAKING. TO SAVE THE HEAT FOR RECYCL ING IT WAS DECIDED TO ALLOW THE STEEL TO POUR INTO AN IRON LADLE, LOCATED ON THE TRANSFER CAR FOR THE NO. 1 FURNACE. THE IRON LADLE CONTANED A CHARGE OF SODA AS H, COVERED WITH PLATE, AND THE BUTT OF THE HEAT FROM THE NO. 1 FURNACE. TO LIMIT DAMAGE TO THE NOZZLE AREA, EMPLOYEE #6 DIRECTED EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 TO FULLY OP EN THE NOZZLE. EMPLOYEE #5, THE NOZZLE SETTER, CAME OVER TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE
Victims (6)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
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