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Accident Summary Nr: 14388151 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - ELECTRICAL FAULT IN INDUCTION FURNACE

Accident Summary Nr: 14388151 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 06/05/1989
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
235549306/05/198933210Alloy Founders Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING A FURNACE OPERATOR IN LOADING LARGE PIECES OF SCRAP METAL INTO AN ELECTRIC CORELESS INDUCTION FURNACE. (THIS PROCESS IS KNOWN AS CHARGING THE FURNACE.) THE MOLTEN METAL WITHIN THE FURNACE HAD BECOME ENERGIZED APPARENTLY DUE TO A FAULT TO THE INDUCTION COIL. THE GROUNDING PRONGS, WHICH SHOULD HAVE CAUSED THE FURNACE TO SHUT DOWN, HAD NOT BEEN REINSTALLED WHEN THE FURNACE WAS RECENTLY RELINED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE PLACED A PIECE OF SCRAP INTO THE ENERGIZED MOLTEN METAL INSIDE THE FURNACE.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, E GI VII, ELECTROCUTED, SCRAP METAL, ELECTRICAL FAULT, ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 2355493 Fatality Electric Shock Laborers, except construction

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