Accident Report Detail
Accident: 735225 - Employees Burned When Water Struck Molten Metal & Exploded
Accident: 735225 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 06/21/1987 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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105421531 | 06/22/1987 | 3341 | Batchelder - Blasius Inc. | ||||
THE EMPLOYEES INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT FAILED TO PURGE AN AIRLINE BEFORE THEY USED IT TO CLEAR AN ARCHWAY LOCATED BETWEEN TWO MOLTEN METAL VATS. THE AIRLINE APPARENTLY CONTAINED A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER WHICH EXPLODED UPON CONTACT WITH THE MOLTEN METAL. PIECES OF MOLTEN METAL STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, #2 AND #3, BURNING BOTH THE EMPLOYEES AND THEIR CLOTHING. EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE BURN CENTER IN CRITICAL CONDITION. EMPLOYEE #3 WAS ADMITTED TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH SEVERE, BUT NOT CRITICAL, BURNS. | |||||||
Keywords:
burn, work rules, explosion, molten metal, purging, water
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 105421531 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Supervisors, production occupations | |||
2 | 105421531 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Molding and casting machine operators | |||
3 | 105421531 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Forging machine operators |