OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #810382
E GI III,ELECTRICAL,CPR,WELDER,WELDING,ELECTRIC SHOCK,WELDING ELECTRODE,METAL PIPE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH WELDING ELECTRODE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING STAINLESS STEEL DUCTWORK. HE WAS WORKING IN A SERVICE CO RRIDOR ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF A BUILDING. AT SOME POINT DURING THE COURSE OF THIS JOB, HE REMOVED HIS GLOVES AND CONTINUED TO WELD. HIS LEFT ARM WAS CONTACTING A WATER PIPE WHEN HE APPARENTLY CONTACTED THE WELDING ELECTRODE. THE EMPLOYEE REC EIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK, AND HIS HEART STOPPED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS RESUSCITATED AT THE WORKSITE AND THEN TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL, WHERE HE RECOVERED FROM HIS IN JURIES.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 596
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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