OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14223713
BURN,EYE,AMPUTATED,DUST,EXPLOSION,IRON,FOUNDRY,LEG
Event description
FOUNDRY EXPLOSION
Investigation abstract
ON DECEMBER 17, 1984, AT 8:05 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING HIS REGULARLY ASSIGNED ROM THE AIRBORNE DIRT AND DUST. HIS EYES WERE WASHED OUT AT THE HOSPITAL AND HE RETURNED TO WORK THE SAME DAY. JOB AS AN IRON POURER FOR THE HERMAN TWO AREA OF DALTON FOUNDRIES INC. HE WAS I N THE PROCESS OF PIGGING GRAY IRON INTO AN AURORA HOPPER FROM AN 1,800 POUND LAD LE. HE HAD POURED ABOUT 100 POUNDS IN WHEN THERE WAS A SMALL EXPLOSION. HE MOVED BACK FROM THE TUB AND A SPLIT SECOND LATER THERE WAS A HUGE EXPLOSION WHICH BLE W THE TUB APART AND AMPUTATED BOTH HIS LEGS ABOVE THE KNEES. THE REST OF HIS BOD Y WAS BADLY BURNED. HE DIED ON DECEMBER 24, 1984. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET FROM THE AREA WHEN THE EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE. HE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT ON HIS WAY TO A BREAK ROOM. HE GOT SOME DIRT PARTICLES IN HIS EYES F
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 719
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 11
- Part of body
- 8
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 725
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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