OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14543102
BURN,PPE,EXPLOSION,MOLTEN METAL,NECK,SPILL,FOUNDRY,FACE,WATER
Event description
MOLTEN METAL SPLASHED ON EMPLOYEES, CAUSING BURNS
Investigation abstract
THE EMPLOYEES WERE PREPARING TO CENTRIFUGALLY CAST A STAINLESS STEEL TUBE. THEY CE SHIELDS AND LEGGINGS. THEY SUFFERED 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS OVER LESS THAN 2 0% OF THEIR BODIES (MOSTLY TO THEIR NECK AND FACE). MOVED ABOUT 600 POUNDS OF MOLTEN STEEL FROM AN INDUCTION FURNACE TO THE FRONT OF A CASTING MACHINE. WATER (FOR COOLING) FROM A PREVIOUS CAST HAD NOT PROPERLY DR AINED. A SMALL AMOUNT REMAINED UNDER THE POURING SPOUT OF THE CENTRIFUGAL CASTIN G MACHINE. THE BULL LADLE HAD BEEN UNLATCHED PRIOR TO THE MELTER BEING MADE READ Y TO POUR. THE MELTER TIPPED OVER AND CONTACTED THE TURNING HANDLES. THE LADLE T IPPED, SPILLING MOLTEN STEEL. THE MOLTEN STEEL STRUCK THE WATER, WHICH INSTANTLY VAPORIZED. THE RESULTING "EXPLOSION" CAUSED MOLTEN STEEL TO SPLASH ONTO EMPLOYE ES #1 THROUGH #3. THE THREE EMPLOYEES WERE WEARING ALUMINUM COATS, HARD HATS, FA
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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