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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14463780

BURN,FURNACE,METAL BLOCK,EXPLOSION,MOLTEN METAL,MELTING FURNACE,WATER

Event
BURN,FURNACE,METAL BLOCK,EXPLOSION,MOLTEN METAL,MELTING FURNACE,WATER
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14463780
Report ID
551800

Event description

One Killed, Two Injured in Explosion in Melting Furnace

Investigation abstract

The employees were charging a furnace for an alloy melt. Employee #1 had just pl feet directly in front of the furnace). Employee #2 was standing behind Employee #1's lift truck. All three employees were burned. Employee #3 died of his injur ies. Water pockets inside the pigs apparently caused the explosions. aced the final two pigs on the lip of the furnace door and had backed his lift t ruck at an angle to a distance of 15 feet from the furnace. Employee #3 had prev iously pushed seven pigs into the furnace. As he pushed the final two pigs into the furnace, there were two separate explosions inside the furnace. The first ex plosion caused a wave of molten metal to flow over the open furnace sill outward to a distance of 40 feet. The second explosion caused a fan shaped flame that e xtended out 80 feet from the furnace. The flame touched the left front of Employ ee #1's lift truck and completely engulfed Employee #3's lift truck (located 30

Victims (3)

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 M

    Nature of injury
    5
    Part of body
    17
    Event type
    2
    Source
    16
    Occupation code
    766
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    18
    Hazardous substance
    0160
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 39 M

    Nature of injury
    5
    Part of body
    17
    Event type
    2
    Source
    16
    Occupation code
    766
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    18
    Hazardous substance
    0160
    Task assigned
    1
  3. #3 Fatality Age 51 M

    Nature of injury
    5
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    2
    Source
    16
    Occupation code
    766
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    18
    Hazardous substance
    0160
    Task assigned
    1

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