Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 113984.015 - Employee is burned when adding scrap aluminum to molten sow

Accident Summary Nr: 113984.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 02/09/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1381331.015	02/26/2019		331314	Imperial Aluminum - Minerva Llc

Abstract: At 6:10 a.m. on February 9, 2019, Employee #1 was adding a piece of aluminum scrap to molten aluminum in an undersized sow mold to use as a pin device to connect a hook. The aluminum hardened enough to move it. The aluminum had just been poured from tilt furnace # 6 into sow molds in the pit. The scrap aluminum was cold or had moisture or ice on it and reacted with the molten aluminum when it was added to the sow mold causing molten aluminum to be ejected out of the mold. Employee #1 received burns to the left wrist, right side of face, right eye, right side of neck, and buttock. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Burn, Buttocks, Ejected, Eye, Face, Mold, Molten Metal, Neck, Scrap Metal, Wrist

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1381331.015	21	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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