It was supposed to be routine—but within seconds, five workers were dead and one critically injured. Tampa Electric’s molten slag explosion wasn’t just tragic—it was preventable.

And Tampa Electric employees were grieving ... a steam explosion can result as the hot molten slag hits the much cooler water," he said. "Water, instantly flashing into steam, causes the water ...

Dark Records The Molten Slag Accident Posted: November 11, 2024 | Last updated: December 12, 2024 The in-depth story of the Tampa Electric Molten Slag Accident: “Mom, help me. I’m burning ...

TAMPA — Newly ... severely burned by molten, lava-like slag erupting from a coal tank last week. When an employee first called 911 from the control room of the Tampa Electric Co. plant, it ...

Florida were killed horrifically when a tank spilled molten slag onto them. Four others were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. The plant is operated by Tampa Electric Company (TECO ...

OSHA Inspectors determined that the employees were burned when a blockage inside a coal-fired furnace broke free and spewed molten slag into the work area. Employees of Tampa Electric, Gaffin ...

Molten slag can reach temperatures of more than 1,000 degrees. Officials for Tampa Electric said workers were trying to unplug the clogged tank when the accident occurred. Both Michael McCort ...

"And hot molten slag actually came out of that blockage and created the incident.” Employees of Tampa Electric, Gaffin Industrial Services, and Brace Integrated Services Inc. died in the incident.

A third worker burned by molten slag last week at Tampa Electric Co.’s Big Bend Power Station died Wednesday evening at Tampa General Hospital. Contract worker Antonio Navarrete, 21, of Wimauma ...

OSHA cited Tampa Electric Co. and Gaffin Industrial Services Inc. following a horrific incident in which a volcanic eruption of molten slag fatally injured five employees. In June 2017, OSHA began a ...

It was a fireball with molten slag coming out.” After the explosion, O.S.H.A. investigators interviewed nine Tampa Electric operators who were working that day and found that only one had ever ...