OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542344
BURN,MAINTENANCE,STEEL,CASTING,EXPLOSION,MOLTEN METAL,WATER
Event description
WATER IN MOLTEN STEEL CAUSED EXPLOSION
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1-8 WERE INVOLVED IN A CONTINUOUS CASTING MACHINE START-UP. AFTER THE HE MOLD. CONSEQUENTLY, A MOLTEN METAL EXPLOSION OCCURRED. EMPLOYEES #1-8, WHO WE RE IN THE AREA, RECEIVED VARYING DEGREES OF BURNS. Y HAD PERFORMED THE SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, AND JUST BEFORE THE FIRST MOLTEN STEE L POUR, EMPLOYEES #1-8 WERE CALLED AWAY TO CORRECT A PROBLEM WITH ANOTHER CASTIN G MACHINE. AT THE TIME THEY WERE CALLED AWAY THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALL ING NEW WATER SPRAY BARS BELOW THE CENTER MOLD OF THE MACHINE. UPON THEIR RETURN , AND AFTER THEY HAD FLUSHED THE MACHINE WITH WATER, THE POUR WAS BEGUN. THE CRE W FAILED TO REALIZE THAT THE THREE UPPER SPRAY NOZZLES ON ONE SPRAY BAR HAD NOT BEEN INSTALLED. WHEN THE WATER SPRAY WAS CUT ON, THREE STREAMS OF WATER (RATHER THAN SPRAYS) STRUCK THE MOLD. SUFFICIENT FORCE WAS EXERTED TO FORCE WATER INTO T
Victims (8)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 6
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
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