The victim was a "stick" welder, technically known as a shielded metal arc welder. The caretaker taught the victim the "art" of welding when the victim was eight years old and he welded on his own since he was twelve years old.
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According to his caretaker, the victim was very handy and innovative. To supplement his farm income, he would go to estate sales, auctions, etc., and buy old farm equipment, fix it up, and resell it. The deceased had owned between 28-60 head of cows, raising them for beef on 140 planted acres. The victim had been a farmer all of his life, born and raised on the residence. Figure 2 was taken by MIFACE at the time of the site visit. MIFACE has removed personal identifiers from the pictures. Figure 1, Figure 2, and Figures 4-7 were taken at the scene by the responding police agency. MIFACE was unable to interview the individual who discovered the victim. During the course of writing this report, the medical examiner's report, death certificate, police department report and pictures were obtained. The welding cables and leads had been previously removed from the shed. MIFACE researchers were able to view both the welder and feed bunker wagon.
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After the interview, the caretaker escorted the MIFACE researchers to the deceased's residence and site of the fatal injury. On May 24, 2004, MIFACE researchers interviewed the deceased's caretaker and a family friend at the caretaker's home. MIFACE learned of this incident from a newspaper clipping. On August 6, 2003, a 44-year-old male farmer was welding a feed bunker wagon when he was electrocuted. Identify other potential safety issues, such as the need for a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI).Develop safe work procedures for welding operations, especially for splicing welding leads.Use appropriate personal protective equipment and ensure that it is in proper working order.Maintain equipment in proper operating condition.The victim was declared dead at the scene. This individual turned off the welder and called for assistance. According to the police report, the person who found the victim knelt down and put his hands on the soil and received a "large" shock. The victim was sitting up under the trailer with his head resting on a metal support railing under the feed bunker wagon. The victim was wearing his welding helmet. An individual who had been previously working with the victim found the victim under the feed bunker wagon with the welder cables lying across his lap. The victim was lying on damp, bare ground and was sweating heavily, as indicated by his perspiration-soaked short sleeve shirt. To allow the welding leads to reach the location of the feed bunker wagon, the victim connected two sets of welding cables and placed the un-insulated cable splices on bare dirt. The welder was plugged into an outlet that had exposed conductors and, according to the police report, also had other items plugged into it. The victim had attached the ground cable to the feed bunker wagon. The victim parked the feed bunker wagon near a wooden building that was filled with tools and junk metal. The welder lead cables were at least 10 years old and were 12 feet long. The power cord and the cables had damaged insulation exposing the conductors.
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WELD ASSISTANT 6 CRACK PORTABLE
The portable 240-volt plug-in cord-connected Hobart welder was in disrepair.