OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14214001
TATEHO AMERICA INC
GREENEVILLE, TN·
Event description
Employee killed when burned by erupting ingots
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was sweeping debris from between a building wall and slow-cool ingot s that were stacked two high in containers when the top ingot erupted, releasing molten MGO that landed on Employee #1 and set his clothes on fire. He suffered second- and third-degree burns to approximately 40 percent of his body. Employee #1 died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 766
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 1620
- Task assigned
- 1
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