OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14570915
EMPIRE-DETROIT STEEL, DIV. OF CYCLOPS CORP.
MANSFIELD, OH·
Event description
Employee burned by molten metal and steam
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, the supervisor, was tilting an electrical arc furnace to check for a water leak in the bottom panel when the furnace exploded. He was burned by mol ten metal and steam. The power had been shut off for between 45 and 60 minutes, and all workers except Employee #1 had left the area.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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