Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170069918 - One employee killed, four injured when molten metal spills

Accident Summary Nr: 170069918 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 04/19/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119517563	04/19/1994	3312	0	Bethlehem Steel Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1, a furnace operator, was operating the #2 vessel furnace as it was being charged. A coworker was pouring molten metal into the #2 vessel using the #2 overhead crane. Employee #2 noticed that the flames and smoke were too intense, so he backed away from the vessel. Procedure calls for the furnace operator to rock the vessel back and forth in order to settle down the flames and smoke. Employee #1 was doing this when the wire rope holding the handle broke, causing molten metal to spill over him. He was killed. Employees #2 through #5 were injured.

Keywords: BURN, WIRE ROPE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, MOLTEN METAL, SPILL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119517563	Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Forging machine operators
2	119517563	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Forging machine operators
3	119517563	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Forging machine operators
4	119517563	Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Forging machine operators
5	119517563	Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Forging machine operators

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