Safety Alert
Hidden Welding Lead Results in Minor Electrical Shock
Hidden Welding Lead Results in Minor Electrical Shock
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 12-27
- Electrical SafetyHot Work and Fire
- Electric shock
- Hand toolsScaffold
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Summary
An alert describes an electrical shock during scaffold assembly inside a boiler, with welding and blasting taking place concurrently. A builder’s hammer contacted a concealed welding cable. The scaffold post contacted exposed wire, allowing an electrical arc to reach a brace held by another builder, who received an electrical jolt.
Classifications: Electric shock; electrocution.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Scaffold; scaffolding.
IADC Alert 12-27. Themes: electrical safety, hot work and fire.