Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127246.015 - Employee sustains face and neck burns in furnace flash fire

Accident Summary Nr: 127246.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 06/09/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1480391.015	06/16/2020		331492	Alloy Resources, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on June 9, 2020, an employee was working as a furnace operator for a smelter. The employee was using an oxygen lance to superheat slag in the argon oxygen decarburization (AOD) vessel. He was doing this in order to melt the tuyeres openings that were partially blocked with solid stainless-steel build-up. It was the employee's third time attempting to superheat the slag when a flash fire with molten metal ejected from the AOD vessel. The employee was hospitalized to treat first and second degree burns to his neck and face.

Keywords: Argon, Burn, Clogged, Ejected, Face, Fire, Flash, Flying Object, Furnace, Gas, High Pressure, High Temperature, Inexperience, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine operator, Melting Furnace, Metal, Molten Metal, Molten Slag, Neck, Operator, Oxygen, Pressure, Steel

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1480391.015	27	M	Hospitalized injury		Furnace, kiln and oven operators

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