OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #980318
SAND,MOLTEN METAL,BURN,FURNACE,DAM,RAIL,BLAST FURNACE,UNSTABLE SOIL,HIGH TEMPERATURE
Event description
Employee dies after burned by molten metal
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:20 a.m. on March 5, 1989, Employee #1 was repairing rails on the B track underneath the south B spout of blast furnace #7 due to a previous s pill. As Employee #1 was repairing the tracks, the blast furnace began to cast h ot metal into a ladle on the A track. A dam made of sand, which had been built i n the trough for the south B spout, had erupted, allowing hot metal to run down into the area where Employee #1 was working. Employee #1 sustained burns over 80 percent of his body. He was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital and then by he licopter to the University of Chicago Hospital Burn Center. Employee #1 was in s table but critical condition, but died March 25, 1989.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 864
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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