OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14349963
W.R. GRACE & COMPANY CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS DIV.
POMPANO BEACH, FL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH WELDING LEAD
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE, A MILLWRIGHT AND WELDER, WAS ENGAGED IN A WELDING OPERATION ON THE SIDE OF A FURNACE AT A CONCRETE PRODUCTS PLANT. HE WAS SITTING ON THE METAL RAIL OF AN ELEVATED METAL PLATFORM. THE WELDING MACHINES HE WAS USING WERE ELECTRICA LLY CONNECTED TO THIS PLATFORM. THE AREA WAS HOT AND HUMID, AND THERE WAS EVIDEN CE OF DAMPNESS FROM THE EMPLOYEE'S PERSPIRATION. THE EMPLOYEE CONTACTED THE WELD ING ELECTRODE THAT WAS IN HIS HAND. A COWORKER OBSERVED HIM, AFTER THE ACCIDENT, FALLEN BACK AGAINST SOME MACHINERY WITH THE WELDING ELECTRODE RESTING ON HIS CH EST. THE WELDER HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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