Handling molten metal is a hazard that
most plants are most concerned with. That is because no other hazard has the
potential to create an earthquake, destroy a plant, and cease production in milliseconds.
Sadly, we have to report of a recent incident.
A blast at an industrial park
near a Middle East capital killed two people, the state-run (news agency name
omitted) reported. The explosion happened at an aluminum melting furnace on the
outskirts of (capital name omitted) one day during the week of May 9th,
2021, according to the official news media, which initially said that three
people had been killed. The report didn’t say what may have caused the blast or
give any more details.
UPDATE
“district governor continued: 2 injured people who were taken to
the hospital died due to the severity of their injuries and the number of
fatalities in this accident reached 4 people.”
We pray for the
deceased workers’ families, friends, and coworkers. We sadly have read that a
third worker succumbed to their injuries. We have inquired on what occurred. As
well as what were the clothing the workers wearing. When explosions occur
workers are commonly injured and killed by the resulting shockwave. The
shockwave throws the workers against machinery, a fixed-point suffering severe
injury. Or workers are covered in molten metal and their clothes ignite if they
are not fire resistant.
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| This appears to be the source of the explosion. It seems to be a vertical d.c. billet casting pit. |
Molten metal
explosions can occur for a myriad of reasons including but not limited to:
moisture entrapment, foreign substance, molten metal leak, molten metal contact
with bare steel, concrete, stainless steel, wet stool caps, etc.
Eventually we will
find out. When we do, we will update the post.
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