OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14388151
ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,SCRAP METAL,ELECTRICAL FAULT,ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - ELECTRICAL FAULT IN INDUCTION FURNACE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING A FURNACE OPERATOR IN LOADING LARGE PIECES OF SCRAP ME TAL INTO AN ELECTRIC CORELESS INDUCTION FURNACE. (THIS PROCESS IS KNOWN AS CHARG ING THE FURNACE.) THE MOLTEN METAL WITHIN THE FURNACE HAD BECOME ENERGIZED APPAR ENTLY DUE TO A FAULT TO THE INDUCTION COIL. THE GROUNDING PRONGS, WHICH SHOULD H AVE CAUSED THE FURNACE TO SHUT DOWN, HAD NOT BEEN REINSTALLED WHEN THE FURNACE W AS RECENTLY RELINED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE PLACED A PIECE OF SCR AP INTO THE ENERGIZED MOLTEN METAL INSIDE THE FURNACE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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