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Accident Summary Nr: 200642601 - One Is Killed, Three Are Burned When Molten Metal Explodes

Accident Summary Nr: 200642601 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 09/15/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304965353	09/12/2002	3321	0	Big Four Foundries Corp.

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on September 11, 2002, Employees #1 through #4 were using scrap metal, including returned metal cylinders, to charge a 20-ton furnace in the melting department of a foundry. A 10-ton crane equipped with a magnet carried the items from an inside remelt bin to the furnace. The furnace was nearly full when some items being transferred into it apparently contained sufficient moisture to cause a violent explosion. Employee #1 was killed; Employees #2 through #4 sustained multiple burns from the splattered molten metal,and were hospitalized for burn treatment.

Keywords: BURN, FURNACE, MAGNET, WORK RULES, EXPLOSION, MOLTEN METAL, SCRAP METAL, FOUNDRY, CRANE, HIGH TEMPERATURE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304965353	Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported
2	304965353	Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported
3	304965353	Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported
4	304965353	Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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