OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400113
ABDOMEN,WELDER,CONSTRUCTION
Event description
EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED ABDOMINAL PAIN, DIED IN HOSPITAL
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 2:30 PM ON MARCH 7, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1, A WELDER WITH THE DANIEL CONSTRU WITH FLUORIDES IN THE FLUX) IN THE MAINTENANCE MODE, AND "TIG" ON STAINLESS STEE L BASED METAL WITH STAINLESS FILLER RODS IN A TESTING MODE. SEVERAL OTHER WELDER S PERFORMED WORK SIMILAR TO EMPLOYEE #1, BUT THERE WERE NO OTHER REPORTED CASES OF ABDOMINAL PAIN (EXCEPT FOR A CASE OF APPENDICITIS). EMPLOYEE #1 HAD NOT PERFO RMED ANY ACTUAL WELDING SINCE MARCH 6TH. BASED UPON THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, A RELATIONSHIP COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN EMPLOYEE #1'S WORK ACTIVITY AND H IS ILLNESS. CTION COMPANY, REPORTED SICK WITH ABDOMINAL PAINS. HE WAS DRIVEN TO THE COUNTY H OSPITAL IN MOUNT PLEASANT BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. LATER THAT DAY HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL IN TEXARKANA. EXPLORATORY SURGERY WAS PERFORMED THERE THE NEXT DAY. THE SURGERY REVEALED MESENTERIC VEIN THROMBOSIS WITH ISCHEMIC AND GANGRENOUS CHANGES INVOLVING THE INTESTINE FROM THE GASTROESOPHAGEAL JUNCTION T O THE RECTUM. EMPLOYEE #1'S CONDITION PROGRESSIVELY DETERIORATED UNTIL HE DIED O N MARCH 11TH. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO HAD WORKED FOR DANIEL CONSTRUCTION AS A WELDER SI NCE FEBRUARY 26TH, HAD BEEN WORKING WITH "SMAW" ON MILD STEEL (USING ELECTRODES
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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