Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170375331 - Employee's foot burned by molten metal

Accident Summary Nr: 170375331 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 05/03/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119696300	06/09/1994	3321	331511	American Brass And Iron Foundry

Abstract: Employees of American Brass and Iron Foundry were manually pushing ladles of molten iron from a furnace to a holding container and returning the empty ladles to the furnace. The ladles ran along an overhead track and were held steady by a latch that would be unhooked when the ladle was to be emptied. An employee returning an empty ladle struck Employee #1's full ladle when the empty ladle swung at a switching point. This caused a defective latch on the full ladle to open. As a result, the full ladle spilled molten iron, burning the left foot of Employee #1. Accident related violations of 8CCR 3385(a) and 8CCR 3328(c) were issued.

Keywords: BURN, LADLE, WORK RULES, MOLTEN METAL, SPILL, STRUCK BY, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119696300			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Misc. metal,plastic,stone&glass-working mach. op's

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