OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14522395
BURN,BLAST FURNACE
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN BURNED BY HOT FURNACE GASES
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED WHEN A BLAST FURNACE MALFUNCTIONED, SPEWING HOT GASES OVE R HIS ENTIRE BODY. HE WAS WORKING TOO CLOSE TO THE PROCESS AREA. HOWEVER, NO SAF E DISTANCE HAD BEEN SPECIFIED BY THE EMPLOYER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 3
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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