Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200040277 - Employee dies of burns sustained in slag tunnel

Accident Summary Nr: 200040277 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 06/30/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115154908	07/08/1998	3331	0	Phelps Dodge Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 entered a slag tunnel to remove a ladle of slag. Due to a runway problem, the ladle overflowed and the Kress hauler and then Employee #1's clothes, caught on fire. He sustained burns over 80 percent of his body, from which he died on July 22, 1998.

Keywords: BURN, TUNNEL, SLAG TRACK, LADLE, MOLTEN SLAG, FIRE, MOLTEN METAL, SPILL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115154908			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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