Smelter crane accident. 2:08 video:
Previously:
Steel mill accident - GIF
Cement plant accident - GIF
Machine shop lift accident - video
Lathe safety/stupidity accident video
Lathe whipping accident - video and image
Smelter crane accident. 2:08 video:
Previously:
Steel mill accident - GIF
Cement plant accident - GIF
Machine shop lift accident - video
Lathe safety/stupidity accident video
Lathe whipping accident - video and image
New: BuildThreads.com - 300+ build posts/day (with photos)
BuckhornLogging (Mar 21, 2021), emu roo (Aug 18, 2025), EnginePaul (Mar 24, 2021), Inner (Mar 21, 2021), NortonDommi (Mar 20, 2021), nova_robotics (Mar 20, 2021), Ralphxyz (Aug 15, 2025), Rangi (Mar 24, 2021), rgsparber (Mar 22, 2021), rlm98253 (Mar 20, 2021), thehomeengineer (Mar 25, 2021)
emu roo (Aug 18, 2025)
emu roo (Aug 18, 2025), EnginePaul (Mar 24, 2021)
emu roo (Aug 18, 2025)
emu roo (Aug 18, 2025)
emu roo (Aug 18, 2025)
I noticed the driver was out of the vehicle before it came to a complete stop. Shop floor safety may not be Job Number One here. Maybe a 20/20 hindsight observation, too, but walking the floor below the surface level of a vessel of molten metal seems not Best Practice from the git go.
What, exactly, was the vessel sitting on the platform supposed to do when the crane operator was tugging on it laterally? I'm assuming not that.
emu roo (Aug 18, 2025)
It looked to me as if he was lowering the yoke to horizontal so further lowering of the crane hook would disengage the hook from the yoke. He didn't get it low enough and as he moved the crane laterally the hook was still pulling on the now horizontal yoke and that tipped the crucible.
---
Regards, Marv
Smart phones are to people what laser pointers are to cats
Homo sapiens is a goal, not a definition
emu roo (Aug 18, 2025)
At 30-45 seconds, a guy walks out and does something on each side of the crucible where the yoke is attached. I was assuming they were supposed to disconnect the yoke. It appears there are moulds off to the right, possibly to make ingots. As Marv mentioned the crane operator was not attentive enough.
Clean up on aisle #4 ...
emu roo (Aug 18, 2025)
emu roo (Aug 18, 2025)
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Bookmarks