Incident date: 2018-05-16
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee was welding an 8-inch pipe into a future furnace. The electrode holder "stinger" came in contact with the pipe while the employee was also touching the pipe, creating a circuit through the employee to the ground. The employee received an electric shock and lost consciousness, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Welding, cutting, and blow torches
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate