OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14457113
AMAX SPECIALTY METALS CORP
GRANTSVILLE, UT—
Event description
EMPLOYEE BURNED DURING MOLTEN METAL EXPLOSION
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 17, 1984, AT 1:15 AM, A TWENTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD EMPLOYEE OF AMAX SPECIA LTY METALS, INC., WAS TRYING TO GET A 4800 POUND PIECE OF INGOT TO LAY EVEN IN T HE FURNACE. THE EMPLOYEE (EMPLOYEE #1) HIT THE HIGH EDGE OF THE INGOT WITH A FOR KLIFT AND THE INGOT FELL INTO THE KETTLE, WHICH ALREADY CONTAINED A MOLTEN MANGA NESE METAL. AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED AND EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BURNED OVER 91 PERCENT OF HIS BODY.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 766
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1620
- Task assigned
- 1
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