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Accident Summary Nr: 201506805 - Employee Is Struck by Form and Sustains Fractures

Accident Summary Nr: 201506805 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 03/30/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307342105	04/06/2006	3317	331210	U S Pipe & Foundry Company, Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, a cupola prep worker was seriously injured when he removed a form (a completely enclosed, hollow, 3-in. by 5-in. by 2-ft metal box with a metal handle on one end) from the tap hole of the cupola and set it on the cupola trough. The form was fabricated by a company millwright who stated he dipped the form into a bucket of water to cool the metal so he could continue welding it completely shut. Employee #1 placed the form into the cupola tap hole where it reached a temperature of approximately 750 degrees Fahrenheit. Within one or two seconds after Employee #1 removed the form and set it across the cupola trough, it exploded. Employee #1 was struck on the left forearm and hand by flying pieces of the form which caused his fracture injuries. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, EXPLOSION, STRUCK BY, ARM, FLYING OBJECT, FOUNDRY, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307342105			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Production helpers

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