OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221482243
TIMKENSTEEL CORPORATION
CANTON, OH—
Event description
One employee is killed, two are injured in furnace explosion
Investigation abstract
At 8:00 p.m. on August 19, 2022, three employees were working as attendants at a melt shop electric arc furnace when a steam explosion of the furnace occurred. The three employees were hospitalized with molten metal burns as a result of the explosion. One employee died that day at the hospital as a result of the injuries he sustained in the explosion.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 777
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#2 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 777
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#3 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 519
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