OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #735225
BATCHELDER - BLASIUS INC.
WELLFORD, SC·
Event description
EMPLOYEES BURNED WHEN WATER STRUCK MOLTEN METAL & EXPLODED
Investigation abstract
THE EMPLOYEES INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT FAILED TO PURGE AN AIRLINE BEFORE THEY U SED IT TO CLEAR AN ARCHWAY LOCATED BETWEEN TWO MOLTEN METAL VATS. THE AIRLINE AP PARENTLY CONTAINED A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER WHICH EXPLODED UPON CONTACT WITH THE MOLTEN METAL. PIECES OF MOLTEN METAL STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, #2 AND #3, BURNING BOTH THE EMPLOYEES AND THEIR CLOTHING. EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE B URN CENTER IN CRITICAL CONDITION. EMPLOYEE #3 WAS ADMITTED TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH SEVERE, BUT NOT CRITICAL, BURNS.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 633
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 713
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 719
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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