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, December 8, 2024

Worker crushed during the loading process...

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Labels: contractor, Death

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

"a 300-kilo iron bar came loose from a crane on the factory..."

 

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Labels: Death, overhead crane, suspended load

Friday, November 22, 2024

"prosecutor's office... two years in prison for the death of a worker..."

 

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Labels: Death, legal, maintenance, overhead crane

Thursday, November 14, 2024

"worker hit by a "puff" of sulfuric acid...."

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Labels: burns, chemicals, inhalation, Injury

Sunday, November 3, 2024

"worker entered his (work) but no one saw him leave"...

 
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Labels: Death, workplace violence

Monday, October 28, 2024

"she does not have her right arm up to the shoulder"

 

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Labels: amputation, head, Injury, machine guarding, maintenance

Friday, October 25, 2024

"overturned after losing control in a curve..."

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Labels: accident, transportation

Thursday, October 17, 2024

"farmlands swamped by red mud..."

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Labels: flood, red mud

Thursday, October 10, 2024

"causing a steam flash that burned the trio.."

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Labels: burns, Explosion, injuries, Molten Metal

"fell approximately 15 feet while on the job."

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Labels: Death, fall, fall from height, Fall Hazard

Sunday, October 6, 2024

"30 cells reported deactivated at (smelter)after 12 hours of blackout...."

 

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Labels: potline, potroom, power loss

Thursday, October 3, 2024

"man fell about eight metres from the roof ...."

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Labels: Death, fall from height, roof

Monday, September 30, 2024

"lost consciousness ..after the fall had to be transferred in ICU.."

 


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Labels: fall from height, Injury

Monday, September 23, 2024

"led to the explosion, destroying 10% of the building..."

 

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Labels: evacuation, explosions, Fire, molten metal leak, potline

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

"maintenance technician at the site endured several injuries ...."

 

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Labels: burns, electrical arc, Injury, maintenance

Thursday, September 12, 2024

"leg crushed after a half-ton aluminum sheet fell...."

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Labels: injured, Injury, suspended load

Sunday, September 8, 2024

"during the maintenance of a vehicle that transports aluminum coils."

 

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Labels: Death, maintenance, Moving Equipment

Thursday, September 5, 2024

" impact to the ground caused a fatal blow...."

 


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Labels: Death, fall from height, roof

Sunday, September 1, 2024

"death of a worker due to a LPG gas leak.."

 

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Labels: compressed gas, Death, LPG

Friday, August 30, 2024

"the saw had no guard to prevent access to the pinch point"

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Labels: government safety enforcement, Injury, rotating machinery, safety fine, saw

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

"5 people were killed and 13 injured..."

 

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Labels: Death, Explosion, Injury, Molten Metal

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

"hauling rolls of aluminum, when one came off...."

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Labels: Death, improper load securement, transportation

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

"falling approximately six meters from a roof..."

 

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Labels: Death, maintenance, roof

Monday, July 15, 2024

Truck accident...

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Labels: accident, Molten Metal, transportation

Sunday, July 14, 2024

"19 tons ...overturned when leaving a roundabout"

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Labels: accident, transportation

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

"Fatality...the head of a company has been put on trial..."

    
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Labels: court case, Death, Extrusion press, maintenance

Thursday, July 4, 2024

"Three men burned, one seriously, following the explosion""

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Labels: burns, Explosion, injuries, Molten Metal

Thursday, June 27, 2024

"the fire occurred at the electrical panel...."

 

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Labels: electrical fire, Fire, Furnace

Sunday, June 23, 2024

early morning explosion eight workers burned, five seriously.....



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Labels: burns, Explosion, Fire, injuries, Molten Metal

Sunday, June 16, 2024

"when the metal explosion occurred....burned in both eyes"



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Labels: burns, Explosion, injured, Molten Metal

Monday, June 10, 2024

"two workers were killed and one seriously injured...."

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Labels: construction, Death

Thursday, May 30, 2024

"lightning strike caused an explosion and heavy destruction in a factory...."

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Labels: Explosion, lightening, weather

Thursday, May 23, 2024

"was seriously injured under the forklift...he died"

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Labels: Death, forklift truck

Sunday, May 12, 2024

"Vegetation fire near smelter..."

 

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Labels: Fire

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

dross fire in trailer....

 

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Labels: Dross, transportation

Saturday, May 4, 2024

"worker of the company was injured after catching the thieves ...."

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Labels: Injury, workplace violence

Saturday, April 27, 2024

" basket of materials falling on him..."

 

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Labels: Death, overhead crane, suspended load

Sunday, March 24, 2024

explosion kills two injures four....

 

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Labels: billet, burns, casthouse, Death, Explosion, Molten Metal

Thursday, February 22, 2024

"his chest was crushed by an overhead crane..."

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Labels: Injury, overhead crane

Sunday, February 18, 2024

"more than 80% of the building collapsed...3 dead, 2 missing"

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Labels: Death, Explosion, Injury, Molten Metal, rodshop

Thursday, January 25, 2024

Casting pit construction fatality....

 

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Labels: casthouse, Confined Space, construction

Sunday, January 14, 2024

bauxite train collides with bus....5 hurt, 1 dead.

 

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Labels: accident, Death, injuries, Moving Equipment, railroad

Thursday, January 11, 2024

"Three people have been arrested by the police, following the death..."

 

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Labels: Death, forklift truck, prosecution

Sunday, January 7, 2024

"closing phase of the machinery, he was somehow "hit"...

 

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Labels: Death, Extrusion press, machinery

"was hit on the head by the movement of a mechanical arm..."

 

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Labels: Death, head, machinery

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

" attacked by a robot...one seriously injured"

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Labels: Injury, machine guarding, robot
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