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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14323521

EQUIPMENT FAILURE,EXPLOSION,MOLTEN METAL,LEG,BURN,FRACTURE,PIT,FALL,MOLD,HIGH TEMPERATURE

Event
EQUIPMENT FAILURE,EXPLOSION,MOLTEN METAL,LEG,BURN,FRACTURE,PIT,FALL,MOLD,HIGH TEMPERATURE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14323521
Report ID
317500

Event description

Three employees killed, six injured in explosion and fire

Investigation abstract

Employees #1, #2, and #3 were standing on the cover doors trying to remove a pou ring funnel from a mold. They did not know that the mold had separated and was s pewing hot metal in the pit below them. The hot metal super-heated the air in th e pit and caused an explosion, which threw the cover doors up. When the doors ca me back down, they were not aligned with the rails on which they had been set. E mployees #1, #2, and #3 fell into the pit and were killed. The molten metal spla shed over the entire area, burning Employees #4, #5, #6, #8 and #9. Employee #7 sustained broken bones in his leg and ankle.

Victims (10)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 35 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    23
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    11
    Task assigned
    1

  2. #2 Fatality Age 43 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    23
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    11
    Task assigned
    1

  3. #3 Fatality Age 39 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    23
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    11
    Task assigned
    1

  4. #4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 33 M

    Nature of injury
    5
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    14
    Source
    23
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    5
    Task assigned
    1

  5. #5 Hospitalized Age 29 M

    Nature of injury
    5
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    14
    Source
    28
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    5
    Task assigned
    1

  6. #6 Hospitalized Age 44 M

    Nature of injury
    5
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    14
    Source
    28
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    5
    Task assigned
    1

  7. #7 Hospitalized Age 38 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    18
    Event type
    1
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    5
    Task assigned
    1

  8. #8 Non-hospitalized injury Age 36 M

    Nature of injury
    5
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    14
    Source
    28
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    5
    Task assigned
    1

  9. #9 Non-hospitalized injury Age 57 M

    Nature of injury
    5
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    14
    Source
    28
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    5
    Task assigned
    1

  10. #981 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

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