A laborer in a metal-casting plant was killed when he fell into a vat of scalding hot water. He received burns to 90 per cent of his body. He had been walking on an insulated surface above the tank when he lost his balance and fell. The tank lacked a safety barrier on one side, allowing an unobstructed fall into the water by the victim. There had been no barrier there for the last 15 years. Plant workers had not recognized it as a danger, nor was it noticed by government safety inspectors in at least seven plant inspections within the […]
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