OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14375257
PPE,UNSECURED,STEAM,MOLTEN METAL,SCAFFOLDING,CONSTRUCTION,LOCKOUT,UNSTABLE SURFACE,FALL,ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE
Event description
Three employees hospitalized after steam rupture
Investigation abstract
Employees #1, #2, and #3 were pouring molten babbitt into the balance hole of a gear piece. Employee #1 was standing on top of a single section of scaffold that had inadequate planking; the equipment being worked on was not locked out; and the employees were not using the appropriate ppe. When Employee #1 unbolted a cl ean-out door an air release knocked him from the scaffolding. A steam eruption o ccurred, causing the molten metal to fly about and strike Employees #1, #2, and #3.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 8
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 8
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 2
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