OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #965327
BARBARY COAST STEEL CORPORATION
EMERYVILLE, CA·
Event description
Three employees injured when furnace explodes
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:15 p.m. on May 29, 1988, Employees #1 through #3 were underta than 10 percent of his body. He was also hospitalized. king the second of four 115 ton charges of steel in a melting furnace. Approxima tely eight minutes after the second charge was added, an explosion occurred with in the furnace, venting hot gases including steam. Employee #1, the second opera tor, tried to escape the explosion and fell down a 20 ft cage ladder. He sustain ed multiple cuts and bruises and was hospitalized for one day. Employee #2, the first operator, was hospitalized with second- and third- degree burns to his bac k, chest, and face that covered more than 15 percent of his body. Employee #3, t he melter, sustained second-degree burns to his hands and face that covered more
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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