OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #607457
WILLIAMSON BODY AND REPAIR SERVICE, INC.
EDISON, GA·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH WELDING ELECTRODE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS TO WELD A 48-INCH BEAM TO A TRUCK FRAME. THE GROUND LEAD WAS CON NECTED TO THE TRUCK FRAME. WHILE THE BACK OF HIS HEAD WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE BE AM, THE EMPLOYEE KNEELED ON THE WELDING ELECTRODE AND RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK . THE EMPLOYEE FELL AND THEN SAT UP BRIEFLY. HE HAD A SHORT CONVERSATION WITH HI S MANAGER BEFORE COLLAPSING, CHOKING, AND DYING OF ELECTROCUTION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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