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Accident: 108537.015 - Six Employees Are Injured When Engulfed By Blast Furnace'S H
Accident: 108537.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 08/10/2018 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 1338471.015 | 08/14/2018 | Sssi Inc | |||||
| At 9:15 p.m. on August 10, 2018, during a Blast Furnace outage, Employees #1 through 6, Boilermakers, and several other coworkers, were removing the lower cone of a 38 foot, 1-1/4 inch diameter by 87 foot, 2-inch height Blast Furnace Flue Dust Catcher attached with a bolted flange. The Blast Furnace Flue Dust Catcher was reportedly clogging, as evidenced by hydro-jetting records for prior service, and before and during the blast furnace shut down. Three 10-ton air hoists were attached to the upper and lower cone flanges. As Employees #1 through 6 cut every other bolt around the flange, including the last bolt with a torch, three of the air hoists failed and then, the lower cone struck a scaffold in use by Employees #1 through 6 and also the second floor deck, which was located approximately eight feet below. The hot contents of the Blast Furnace, Flue Dust Catcher was released and engulfed Employees #1 through 6. The contents of the dust hazard was not reported; however, as a result of the incident, Employee #1 was hospitalized with serious inhalation burns to his lungs and face; Employee #2 was hospitalized with burns to his face and neck with dust inhalation exposure; Employee #3 was treated for contusions to the neck, head, and chest with dust inhalation exposure; Employee #4 was treated for contusions to the leg and knee with dust inhalation exposure, and Employees #5 and #6 were also treated for dust inhalation exposure. | |||||||
Keywords:
access/egress, accidental discharge, bolt, leg, knee, inhalation, head, face, dust, contusion, concussion, clogged, neck, chest, chemical vapor, chemical reaction, chemical burn, compressed gas, carbon monoxide, combust
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Manufacturing plant | Alteration or rehabilitation | 120 | |||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
| 1 | 1338471.015 | 54 | M | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Boilermakers | |
| 2 | 1338471.015 | 28 | M | Non Hospitalized injury | Other | Boilermakers | |
| 3 | 1338471.015 | 54 | M | Non Hospitalized injury | Other | Carpenters | |
| 4 | 1338471.015 | 45 | M | Non Hospitalized injury | Other | Carpenters | |
| 5 | 1338471.015 | 54 | M | Non Hospitalized injury | Strain/Sprain | Boilermakers | |
| 6 | 1338471.015 | 22 | M | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Boilermakers | |