An accident took place on Thursday at Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, the corporate entity of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, after molten metal spilled on the ground at the plant’s Steel Melting Shop- 2 near the RH degasser area. A ladle carrying metal weighing about 150 tons slipped in the Ladle Furnace bay behind CCM-3 of SMS-2. The accident took place because of the development of technical slag in the main hoist of the crane.
Fortunately, no casualties nor major damage to equipment or machinery took place.