OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732875

BURN,OBSTRUCTED VIEW,STEAM,EXPLOSION,MOLTEN METAL,CONTUSION

1987-06-05T00:00:00

Event: BURN,OBSTRUCTED VIEW,STEAM,EXPLOSION,MOLTEN METAL,CONTUSION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 732875
Report ID: 454510

Event description

6 EMPLOYEES INJURED WHEN MOLTEN METAL CAUSED STEAM EXPLOSION

Investigation abstract

A CRANE AT THE WORKSITE BEGAN TO PICK UP A LADLE OF MOLTEN (3,000 DEG.) METAL. T ERE TREATED AND RELEASED. HE J-HOOK DID NOT COMPLETELY SEAT. INSTEAD THE LADLE WAS ONLY HELD AT THE HOOK E ND. THE CRANE OPERATOR WAS INSTRUCTED TO LOWER THE LADLE AND RESEAT THE HOOK. DU RING THIS PROCESS THE HOOK SLIPPED INTO THE LADLE, CAUSING SOME OF THE MOLTEN ME TAL TO SPILL INTO THE COOLANT WATER UNDER THE PECOR MOLD. WHEN THE MOLTEN METAL HIT THE WATER A STEAM EXPLOSION OCCURRED. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS OVER 30% OF HIS BODY FROM THE STEAM. THE OTHER 5 EMPLOYEES WERE INJ URED WHEN THEY RAN INTO OBJECTS TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM THE SCENE. THE DUST AND SM OKE OBSCURED THEIR VISION. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOSPITALIZED. THE OTHER 5 EMPLOYEES W

Victims (6)

#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M

Nature of injury
4

Part of body
28

Event type
14

Source
28

Occupation code
723

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
9

Task assigned
1
#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
21

Event type
6

Source
5

Occupation code
723

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
9

Task assigned
1
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
3

Event type
6

Source
5

Occupation code
723

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
9

Task assigned
1
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 37 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
17

Event type
6

Source
5

Occupation code
723

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
9

Task assigned
1
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 42 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
9

Event type
6

Source
5

Occupation code
723

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
9

Task assigned
1
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 44 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
12

Event type
6

Source
5

Occupation code
723

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
9

Task assigned
1

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