OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #775502
E GI III,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,WELDER,WELDING,WELDING CABLE,WELDING ELECTRODE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH WELDING ELECTRODE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A NEWLY ASSEMBLED UTILITY TRAILER WITH A LINCOLN ARC MIDITY). THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED. WELDER (MODEL NO. AC-225-S), RATED AT 150 AMPERES AND 84 VOLTS. THE WORK LEAD CA BLE WAS NOT ATTACHED TO THE ITS CLAMP; HOWEVER, THE CLAMP WAS LOOSELY HELD ON TH E BARE END OF THE WORK LEAD CABLE AND TO THE TRAILER'S FRAME. THE WORK LEAD CLAM P WAS ACCIDENTALLY KNOCKED OFF THE TRAILER. THE EMPLOYEE PICKED UP THE WORK LEAD CABLE, GRABBING THE BARE END OF THE CONDUCTOR WITH HIS LEFT HAND. AT THE SAME T IME, HE ALSO HAD THE CONDUCTIVE JAWS OF THE WELDING ELECTRODE IN HIS RIGHT HAND. THE EMPLOYEE HAD ON WELDING GLOVES, BUT THEY WERE WET DUE TO PERSPIRATION FROM THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY (88 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, 70 PERCENT RELATIVE HU
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 783
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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