Accident Report Detail
Accident: 99560.015 - Site Superintendent Makes Contact With Welding Rod, Incurs E
Accident: 99560.015 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 07/21/2017 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1248864.015 | 07/21/2017 | Preston Cook, Llc. | |||||
At 12:00 p.m. on July 21, 2017, Employee #1, a construction site superintendent was working at a multiemployer construction project, a commercial building. He was at the bottom of an elevator pit and welding pieces of rebar to construct a permanent ladder down into the elevator pit. He was operating a Lincoln Electri c arc welding machine at 120/240 volts. As Employee #1 laid down the stinger of the arc welder in order to clean the weld he had just made, his arm contacted t he welding rod that was in the stinger, and he sustained an electric shock to hi s arm. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the h ospital. He was treated for the electric shock and released that evening. | |||||||
Keywords:
arc welding, arm, building, confined space, construction, electric shock, elevator, pit, rebar, welder
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | New project or new addition | $500,000 to $1,000,000 | 2 | 30 | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1248864.015 | 46 | M | Non Hospitalized injury | Supervisors, n.e.c. | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel FatCause: |