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Accident Summary Nr: 14349963 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH WELDING LEAD

Accident Summary Nr: 14349963 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 07/22/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18281113	07/25/1988	3295	0	W.R. Grace & Company Construction Products Div.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE, A MILLWRIGHT AND WELDER, WAS ENGAGED IN A WELDING OPERATION ON THE SIDE OF A FURNACE AT A CONCRETE PRODUCTS PLANT. HE WAS SITTING ON THE METAL RAIL OF AN ELEVATED METAL PLATFORM. THE WELDING MACHINES HE WAS USING WERE ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THIS PLATFORM. THE AREA WAS HOT AND HUMID, AND THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF DAMPNESS FROM THE EMPLOYEE'S PERSPIRATION. THE EMPLOYEE CONTACTED THE WELDING ELECTRODE THAT WAS IN HIS HAND. A COWORKER OBSERVED HIM, AFTER THE ACCIDENT, FALLEN BACK AGAINST SOME MACHINERY WITH THE WELDING ELECTRODE RESTING ON HIS CHEST. THE WELDER HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: E GI V, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, WELDER, WELDING, WELDING CABLE, WELDING ELECTRODE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18281113			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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