A worker in a steel mill was removing steel slag from the bottom of a ladle, about 14 by 10 by 8 feet in size. He was using a jackhammer, a pry bar and an oxyacetylene cutting torch. On the day of this incident, several things were out of the ordinary. The worker had dismissed the assistant who usually provided safety watch while he worked in the bottom of the ladle. The ladle was in an upright position instead of on its usual side, and the plug at the bottom of the ladle had not been removed as usual to allow […]