Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 109341.015 - Employee is electrocuted while welding

Accident Summary Nr: 109341.015 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 09/20/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1347901.015	09/20/2018		238120	Rockbranch Ironworks, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:15 p.m. on September 20, 2018, an employee was welding an anchor bracket using a gas powered Shielded Metal Arc Welding (stick) Lincoln Ranger 250GXT welder with direct current electrode positive. A coworker who had been working with the employee did not hear the welder rev up and went to check on the employee. The employee was found standing on the scissors lift with his neck lying on the metal bridge. The local police department arrived and started lifesaving measures; however, the employee was killed through electrocution.

Keywords: Electrocuted, Welding Cable, Welding Electrode

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1347901.015	32	M	Fatality		Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Welding/Bu Fatality Cause:

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