Reportedly, the serious accident has temporary forced to stop melting operation in the melt shop at Tokyo Steel Manufacturing’s Kyushu steelworks in western Japan.
The 59 year-old Satoru Ohba, the chief of operations at the melt shop, has found to kill by falling graphite electrode of the electric furnace area.
The policeman has taken in charge with the investigation procedure but there is no any further information disclosure at this moment.
However, the company indicated the company had planned to conduct annual maintenance at the works from February 4th to February 8th, and should the probe be prolonged the works would remain idle and keep to the maintenance schedule, accordingly to the company said.
Source:
http://www.yieh.com/2.2.01.01stainlesssteelnews.aspx?no=62899&division=A9
