did not follow required safety procedures, which led to the deadly steam explosion on Feb. 20.
Inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said the explosion happened while employees inspected a water leak on a furnace used to smelt solid metals at the foundry located in the 22500 block of Alexander Rd. According to OSHA, water leaked onto the molten metal inside the furnace, causing a steam explosion. Inspectors found the company did not make sure that required lockout/tag out procedures were followed during the inspection of the furnace.“This terrible tragedy could have been avoided if the employer followed well-known machine safety standards that are meant to prevent this type of explosion,” explained OSHA Area Director Howard Eberts in Cleveland, Ohio.