Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201320538 - Employee electrocuted while switching plugs on wire welder

Accident Summary Nr: 201320538 -- Report ID: 0317900 -- Event Date: 10/03/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306578139	10/03/2003	1791	238120	Clayton H. Landis Co., Inc.

Abstract: On October 3, 2003, Employee #1, a welder, was working on a job at Blommer's Chocolate. His supervisor had brought a stick welder, but it had the wrong plug. The supervisor and Employee #1 decided to switch plugs with a wire welder they had been using for the past week even thought the plug on it did not fit or mesh properly. Employee #1 was removing the plug when he was electrocuted. Apparently, Employee #1 thought he was removing the plug on the welder, but instead he had removed the cover from a receptacle on the extension cord.

Keywords: PORTABLE POWER TOOL, ELECTRICAL, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, WELDER, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC CORD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306578139			Fatality	Electric Shock	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Electrocution from equipment installation/tool use

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