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Accident Summary Nr: 14294870 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 14294870 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 08/13/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112380761	08/14/1991	1731	0	Bennett & Jensen Corp.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112380811	08/13/1991	1711	0	Hess Mechanical Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING 1.5-INCH-DIAMETER GAS FEEDER PIPES FROM A 4-INCH-DIAMETER MAIN. THE PIPES FED INTO CLASSROOMS OF A HIGH SCHOOL. THE EMPLOYEE ACCESSED THE WORK AREA BY CLIMBING BETWEEN TWO EXISTING PIPES (A 3-INCH-DIAMETER COLD WATER PIPE IN FRONT AND A 4.5-INCH-DIAMETER CAST IRON BOILER RETURN PIPE IN BACK) CREATING AN OPENING OF 8 INCHES. THE EMPLOYEE NEEDED TO BEND THE WELDING ROD FOR THE AC-ARC WELDER HE WAS USING. AS HE WAS BENDING A ROD, HE CONTACTED AN ENERGIZED STINGER WHILE HE WAS TOUCHING THE COPPER WATER PIPE. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS WET WITH PERSPIRATION AND WHO WAS NOT WEARING A WELDER'S LEATHER JACKET, WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, WELDING ELECTRODE, E GI III, ELECTROCUTED, WELDER, WELDING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112380761					Occupation Not Listed
2	112380811			Fatality	Electric Shock	Welders and cutters

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