OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #731232
BURN,FIRE,RUPTURE,STEAM,EXPLOSION,MOLTEN METAL,SPILL,MANHOLE,WATER
Event description
SPILLED MOLTEN METAL CAUSED STEAM EXPLOSION; WORKERS BURNED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A CRANE OPERATOR, WAS LIFTING A POT OF MOLTEN ALUMINUM. ONE OF FOUR HOOKS CAME LOOSE, ALLOWING THE MOLTEN ALUMINUM TO SPILL INTO A MANHOLE AND INTO CONTACT WITH COLD WATER. A STEAM EXPLOSION RESULTED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED. EM PLOYEES #2 AND #3, A SUPERVISOR AND A PIT HELPER, WERE HOSPITALIZED WITH BURNS. EMPLOYEE #4 SUSTAINED BURNS ON HIS BACK, BUT WAS NOT HOSPITALIZED. EMPLOYEES #5 AND #6 ALSO SUSTAINED LESS SERIOUS BURNS NOT REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION. EMPLOYEE #5 WAS ANOTHER SUPERVISOR. EMPLOYEE #6, A FURNACE OPERATOR, WAS 80 FEET AWAY FR OM THE EXPLOSION SITE. WHEN THE CRANE FELL, IT RUPTURED A A GAS LINE, CAUSING AN OTHER EXPLOSION AND FIRE.
Victims (6)
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 849
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 8330
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 8330
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 864
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 8330
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 864
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 8330
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 8330
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 766
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 8330
- Task assigned
- 1
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