Review of Electrocution Deaths in Iraq: Part 1 - Electrocution of Staff Sergeant Ryan D. Maseth, U.S. Army.

摘要

This project was undertaken to examine underlying causes of the January 2008 death of Staff Sergeant (SSG) Ryan Maseth, who was electrocuted while showering in his quarters at the Radwaniyah Palace Complex (RPC), Iraq. The Army investigation determined that SSG Maseth was electrocuted while showering when he came in contact with water pipes that had been energized when an ungrounded water pump failed. Equipment and building maintenance at the time was performed under the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) III contract with Kellogg, Brown, and Root (KBR). Our review focused on management decisions, contracting procedures, and criteria for and execution of facility inspections and maintenance preceding the incident. See Appendix A for project initiation documentation. Based on our preliminary work and congressional interest, we expanded the scope of our review to include an examination of 17 other electrocutions in Iraq involving U.S. military or contractor personnel associated with Operation Iraqi Freedom since the start of operations in March 2003 (Appendix B). The results of that review are in a separate report.