OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14388110
BURN,PPE,WORK RULES,CASTING,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,MOLTEN METAL,MOLD PLATES
Event description
Employees burned in foundry casting machine explosion
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 through #6 were operating a horizontal centrifugal casting machine most severe burns and died over a month later. None of the six employees was wea ring ppe (clothing), which was available for this type work. that was pouring a 4,000 lb bronze sleeve into a 32 in. diameter and 30 in. long steel cylindrical mold. The mold had front and back end plates which were bolte d to the ends of the cylinder. The cylinder and back plate were being cooled by water as the metal was being poured. Near the end of the pour the back plate bro ke loose from the end of the mold and about 3,000 lb of molten metal came flying out of the back of the cylinder. Water may have been covered by molten metal. L arge amounts of molten metal were thrown from the metal enclosure contacting all six employees, resulting in moderate to severe burns. Employee #1 suffered the
Victims (6)
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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