OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456149
BURN,CHEST,FURNACE,EXPLOSION,MOLTEN METAL,NECK,FOUNDRY,FACE
Event description
EXPLOSION OF FOUNDRY FURNACE; BURNED BY MOLTEN MAGNESIUM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TRANSFERRING MOLTEN MAGNESIUM FROM FURNACE #2 TO FURNACE #3, USI R TEMPERATURE THAN THAT OF THE MOLTEN MAGNESIUM BEFORE THEY WERE PLACED IN THE F URNACE. BOTH AND HAD BEEN INSPECTED AND USED SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. NG A TRANSFER PUMP AND TRANSFER LINE. THE LINE WAS 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER. THE T EMPERATURE IN FURNACE #2 WAS 1238 DEGREES. THE TEMPERATURE IN FURNACE #3 WAS 112 5 DEGREES. THE MOLTEN MAGNESIUM HAD JUST STARTED TO TRANSFER INTO THE OTHER FURN ACE WHEN THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION. THE TRANSFER LINE WAS BLOWN APPROXIMATELY 50 FE ET AWAY. A SMALL AMOUNT OF MOLTEN MAGNESIUM WAS BLOWN ONTO EMPLOYEE #1. THE MOLT EN MAGNESIUM MELTED HIS FACE SHIELD AND INFLICTED SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS ON HIS FACE, NECK AND CHEST. THE TRANSFER LINE WAS SECURED TO THE TRANSFER PUMP BY SIX STRANDS OF 18 GUAGE WIRE. THE LINE AND PUMP HAD BEEN PREHEATED TO A HIGHE
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 766
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
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