Aluminium Plant Safety

The Aluminium Plant Safety blog informs about accidents and near misses that occur in aluminium plants, cast houses, foundries, smelters, etc. that are around the world. Dust, molten metal steam explosions, fires, moving vehicles accidents, etc. will be covered. It is not this blog's intention to place blame on either company nor worker(s), but the hope that awareness of these accidents brings education and prevention of recurrence.

Sunday, January 31, 2021

"employee's foot was coated with the molten aluminum....."

 

Aftermath of molten aluminium flowing into a boot.

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Labels: burns, footwear, Molten Metal

Thursday, January 28, 2021

"rescuer fell into a casting well...."

 


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Labels: fall from height, Injury

Sunday, January 24, 2021

"doing a reaction is criminal. That's incredibly dangerous"

 

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Labels: Explosion, Fire

Thursday, January 21, 2021

"doctors discovered the aluminium had solidified inside his chest."

 

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Labels: Explosion, Injury, Molten Metal

Sunday, January 17, 2021

More than fifty firefighters mobilized on site....

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Labels: Aluminium Dust, Fire

Thursday, January 14, 2021

"defect in the furnace, hot aluminum flowed onto the floor..."

 

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Labels: Furnace, Molten Metal, spill

Sunday, January 10, 2021

" 1 death, 6 were seriously injured, and 14 were slightly injured..."

 

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Labels: Aluminium Dust, Aluminium powder, aluminium shavings, burns, Death, Explosion, Fire, Injury, Scrap

Thursday, January 7, 2021

"clothes would have become entangled in the machinery ....."

 

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Labels: Aluminium powder, Death, lathe, machine guarding, machinery

Monday, January 4, 2021

"for what was reported as an explosion....."

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Labels: Explosion, Injury
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