The Aluminium
Plant Safety Blog has posted incidents involving furnaces in the past. Here is
a recent
A fire in
the furnace used to make aluminum foil at the former Noranda Aluminum led to a
building evacuation at the plant.
He said the
reason why there was so much fire response was because of the size of the
building. For large structures, crews receive lots of help in the event the
fire gets too big to handle.
The
three-alarm fire was under control by the time other units began arriving, just
around noon.
The fire is
still under investigation, City Fire Marshal said. Contrary to early reports of
the furnace fire spreading to exterior of the building, City Fire Marshal said
he’s not aware that it spread beyond the furnace area.
The Aluminium Plant Safety Blog congratulates the aluminium company
on the safe evacuation of its employees. We hope that the equipment damage is minimal and the impact on production can be made up.
The importance of having regular evacuation drills can not be understated. On our plant tours we occasionally ask a worker when their last evacuation drill was. If the worker cannot tell us quickly, then we know it has been too long.
The importance of having regular evacuation drills can not be understated. On our plant tours we occasionally ask a worker when their last evacuation drill was. If the worker cannot tell us quickly, then we know it has been too long.
When was the last time your plant had an evacuation drill?
Please comment.
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