OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14223440
E GI II,ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,ELECTRICAL,GLOVE,ELECTROCUTED,WELDER,WELDING,WELDING ELECTRODE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH WELDING ELECTRODE THRU GLOVE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING THE STEEL FLOOR OF A HARVESTORE STEEL SILO WITH A DAYT ON PORTABLE ARC WELDER (MODEL NUMBER 32750-B). HE WAS ABOUT 10 FEET INSIDE THE S ILO AND WAS WEARING LEATHER GLOVES AT THE TIME. IT WAS HUMID, AND THE LEATHER GL OVES WERE WET. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED AS HE INSERTED A WELDING ROD INTO T HE ENERGIZED ELECTRODE HOLDER. ONE OF THE WET LEATHER GLOVES CONDUCTED CURRENT T O THE WEDDING BAND ON HIS LEFT RING FINGER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 517
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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