The Aluminium Plant Safety Blog has spoken about the hazards of molten metal explosions. We have a backlog of incidents involving this hazard that need to be posted. Here is the most recent story.
Several
explosions and a fire hit an aluminium plating factory in Japan early one
morning during the first week in September 2015, a fire department spokesman
said.
Multiple
explosions were heard at the aluminium plating plant according to the
spokesman.
This photo was taken from the aluminium plating company's website showing a tank of molten metal in their facility. |
“Our
initial investigation indicates the possibility that water somehow got into a
furnace in the process of melting aluminium and caused vapor explosions,” the fire
department spokesman said.
Six
employees working at the time escaped unhurt, he said. The explosions and the
fire, which were first reported around 6:24 a.m., seriously damaged the plant.
The
fire was under control and had been virtually extinguished by mid-morning, the
spokesman said.
Television
footage showed thick white smoke rising from the plant, which was engulfed in
orange flames.
The
Aluminium Plant Safety Blog commends the aluminium plating company on the successful
evacuation of workers. We are also grateful that no emergency management
personnel were injured.
There are a
plethora of videos of this explosion on youtube and other social media sites.
It appears that there were multiple explosions that eventually destroyed the
building. Like an earlier APSB blast the force of molten metal explosions is
massive.
We’ll
update this blog post tomorrow.
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