OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #868075
ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,WELDER,ATTACHMENT PLUG,GROUND FAULT,EQUIPMENT GROUNDING
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRIC ARC WELDER
Investigation abstract
AN ELECTRIC ARC WELDER HAD HAD THE ATTACHMENT PLUG ON ITS POWER SUPPLY CORD REPL ACED. THE PLUG HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY INSTALLED, AND THE FRAME OF THE WELDER WAS EN ERGIZED WHEN THE PLUG WAS INSERTED INTO A RECEPTACLE OUTLET. AN EMPLOYEE WAS ELE CTROCUTED WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO USE THE WELDER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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