Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170384283 - One employee killed, one injured in blast furnace release

Accident Summary Nr: 170384283 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 04/08/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123982217	04/10/1996	1542	0	Davy Songer, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a Daewoo excavator with a ram attachment for breaking concrete. He was on an 11 ft 6 in. wide ramp, trying to break out the refractory wall of a blast furnace. When the ram broke through the wall, hot coke, taconite, coal dust, and superheated steam rolled outward and engulfed the excavator and Employee #1. He was burned to death. Employee #2, who was in the area, was treated at the plant's infirmary for breathing difficulties.

Keywords: BURN, FURNACE, RESPIRATORY, VAPOR, DISMANTLING, BLAST FURNACE, CONSTRUCTION, STEAM, AIR CONTAMINATION, HIGH TEMPERATURE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123982217			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Construction trades, n.e.c.
2	123982217			Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers

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