Abstract: At approximately 7:00 p.m. on November 11, 1994, Employee #1 was using an 11-ton ladle of molten iron. The molten iron was being poured into a launder that emptied into a furnace. The discharge end of the launder is cooled by an internal water jacket. At about 7:20 p.m., the water jacket failed allowing the water to mix with the molten iron. An explosion occurred, and the molten iron erupted into the area where Employee #1 was operating the ladle crane. The heat and fire from the explosion caused 3rd-degree burns over 85 percent of Employee #1's body. He died the next morning from his injuries.