Welder electroquted Sad...

[IslandTractor]

I am aware of the small milliamp needed to cause cardiac arrest but it just isn't there for a properly functioning welding machine. You can get a pretty good tingle but it is super low in amperage, not normally enough to hurt you other than the tingling like touching an electric fence only much milder in most instances. In my 40 years of construction work, we never had a welder electrocuted while welding (we did several hundred million of manhours of work per year)and I never heard of one being electrocuted and we always got the OSHA safety bulletins when an injury on any construction site happens. We worked in all kinds of weather conditions also and only the 110v power cords required a GFCI. IF welding current was inherently dangerous, OSHA and other Federal agencies would have put an end to it well before now. This is why I say it was other issue. That company is going to face some substantial fines for violation of safety protocols for confined space and I hope and can pretty much guarantee the widow will get a good portion also.

Agree.

 

[tcartwri]

AC or DC doesn't matter. If the conditions are right it can be lethal. It's the current that kills you and your bodies resistance to that current. So if you're sweating heavily or your gloves become saturated and you put yourself into that circuit you are taking a risk. I personally have received a nasty shock from a car battery when I rested a sweaty forearm across the terminals.

 

[Jesse masterson]

That is true but I personally have never heard of a car battery killing!it may have occurred but rare! Without s doubt most deaths are ac current

 

[DarkBlack]

40,000 people die each year in the US from auto accidents. I'd say a welder's life is in much greater jeopardy driving to/from the welding job.

 

[Jesse masterson]

As my wife tells me! "True that"lol

 

[IslandTractor]

AC or DC doesn't matter. If the conditions are right it can be lethal. It's the current that kills you and your bodies resistance to that current. So if you're sweating heavily or your gloves become saturated and you put yourself into that circuit you are taking a risk. I personally have received a nasty shock from a car battery when I rested a sweaty forearm across the terminals.

That is like arguing that both a BB gun and 155mm howitzer can kill you. Comparing shocks of similar power, DC is much less likely to kill than AC. And, 220 is much less likely to kill than 110. There is a difference.

 

[Jesse masterson]

True that again! Lol

 

[tcartwri]

That is like arguing that both a BB gun and 155mm howitzer can kill you. Comparing shocks of similar power, DC is much less likely to kill than AC. And, 220 is much less likely to kill than 110. There is a difference.

Dead is dead. Thinking that AC is less dangerous because you can let go " because the power oscillates " is an interesting theory.

 

[CNC Dan]

220 is much less likely to kill than 110. There is a difference.

You know, when you get a shock from a 220 volt cord to ground, you are only getting 110 volts. You would have to contact both hot wires to get a 220 volt shock. Either hot wire to ground is only 110 volts.

 

[IslandTractor]

You know, when you get a shock from a 220 volt cord to ground, you are only getting 110 volts. You would have to contact both hot wires to get a 220 volt shock. Either hot wire to ground is only 110 volts.

I don't know if 220 in Europe is different but they have far fewer problems with electrocution at home. Maybe theirs is a true 220 while ours is piggybacked double 110.