OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14262240
HOFFMAN TRAILER CO INC
LOUISVILLE, KY—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH WELDING ELECTRODE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING THE BODY OF A TRAILER TRUCK. HE HAD CONNECTED THE GROUND LEAD TO THE BODY OF THE TRUCK AND HAD INSTALLED A NEW ELECTRODE IN THE ELECTROD E HOLDER. FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, THE EMPLOYEE HAD FALLEN; AND, WHEN HE WAS FOU ND, HE WAS LYING ON THE ELECTRODE. THERE WERE ARCS FLOWING BETWEEN HIS CHEST ARE A, WHERE THE ELECTRODE WAS FOUND, AND THE TRUCK FLOOR. THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN ELE CTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 783
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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