OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456651
STATE BRASS FOUNDRY & MACHINE
SALT LAKE CITY, UT·
Event description
Employees burned by molten metal
Investigation abstract
At 9:00 a.m. on May 11, 1988, three employees were pouring molten metal at 3,100 degrees F into a centrifugal casting machine with the mold spinning at 600 rpm. Two of four bolts holding the mold together sheared, allowing molten metal to s pin out. It splashed off a surrounding guard and onto Employees #1 and #2. Both employees suffered thermal burns, Employee #1 on the abdomen and Employee #2 on the face.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 766
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 766
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#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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