Death by molten metal

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Father-of-two Allen Wardle, 52, lived for six hours despite suffering 100% burns when he fell into a vat of molten zinc at a factory in Witham, Essex, in 1998.

He had been servicing a crane used to dip objects in the vat, which was heated to 450°C, when he fell more than 20ft through a temporary plywood covering.

Judge Alasdair Darroch said SEG bore most of the responsibility for failing to ensure that safe working practices were in place.

"This accident is almost too horrible to describe," he said. "I believe that it was utterly avoidable."


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Japanese plant worker dies after 13 tonnes of molten metal is spilled over him

Kazuki Tada, 23, was working beneath a huge bucket containing an alloy that had been heated to around 1,300C at a Nippon Denko plant in southwestern Japan.

The vat which was suspended in mid air, overbalanced, causing the boiling substance to fall on him.


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Steelworker killed by molten metal never let dangerous job get him down

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According to a source on the accident investigation team, Mr. Thompson was an hour into the morning shift, directing the operator of a huge crane carrying a 16-by-20 foot ladle full of

liquid pig iron from one furnace to another when the ladle came loose from its cables, spilling its red-hot load onto the floor below. Mr. Thompson, 55, saw the ladle drop and tried to run, but the molten metal caught up with him.


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Port Talbot steelworker fell into molten metal

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An inquest jury has heard how a steelworker - described as a "hero" by colleagues - died after falling into a channel of molten waste metal that could reach temperatures of 1,400 degrees Centigrade.

Kevin Downey, 49, died just hours after the accident, at the Corus steelworks in Port Talbot, in 2006


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The Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster was an industrial disaster that occurred on April 18, 2007, in Qinghe District, Tieling, Liaoning, China. Thirty-two people were killed and six were injured when a ladle used to transport molten steel separated from an overhead rail in the Qinghe Special Steel Corporation factory.