OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14520555
DOUBLE D TANK TRUCK SERVICE
CROSSVILLE, IL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH WELDING ELECTRODE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE, WHO HAD BEEN HIRED AS A TRUCK DRIVER, WAS USING A WELDER (LINCOLNWE LDER MODEL AC255-S) TO WELD TWO IRON BARS TOGETHER TO BUILD A PIPE RACK FOR THE BACK OF HIS PICKUP TRUCK. THE LOCKING SCREW FOR THE INSULATED HANDLE ON THE ELEC TRODE HOLDER HAD BEEN PLACED ON THE OUTSIDE AND THROUGH THE INSULATED HANDLE. TH IS SCREW WAS SEATED INTO THE ELECTRODE HOLDER. THE WORKER WAS STANDING IN WET LE ATHER BOOTS ON DAMP GROUND. HIS CLOTHING, INCLUDING HIS COTTON GLOVES, WAS WET. ONCE THE WELDER WAS ENERGIZED, THE EMPLOYEE HAD THE ELECTRODE HOLDER IN HIS LEFT HAND AND MAY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE OR CHANGE THE ELECTRODE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 805
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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