1831 WETMORE AVE 2016-01-01 MF Import

i '� Sergeant Hamilton _ I 'I `Ro" L. J. Doughcrty � ,� I o"T` September il, 1972 + �* � '�-z sue�ccr RepoTt of Inveetigation oi Accident lrt ��rr oF �vicec�r. Evca�rr, wnsHwcror+ . ; _ _ �� � Laundromat at 1831 Wetmore. '� � i I II wae called Saturday morning, September 9. 1972, by Sergeant Hamilton of i � the Everett Police Department with tl�c requeet that I aid them in making the i � determination of the fatality of Edward �I. Weet, which ma�• have been [rom I ; an electrical �hock. I wae takeu lo the Laundromat by Detective Cuoper � � where we met the owner, Lir. Howard S. Zeibell, and were cscorted to the � back room where the accident occurred. j Examination of the scene: I i The protective metal backs had been removed from the waehers because the owner stYted he wae in the procese of maintenance repair on the machinee. I Thie left the electric control panels and related electrical relayr and their connect[one ezposed. T6e location ot the coinbox was in poeition where any- one trytng to reach it from the back would have to maintain their balance by hold[ng onto either the water piping or the frame� ot the adjacent machlnes wilh their right hand while reaching through the control wirinp, and relaye wlth the lett hand and arm fully extended. It wae noted the bracket support- i � ing the pres�ure ewitch with live exposed contacta wae bent down to about a I i 45• angle from a heavy preesure. from an outaidc eource. The top of the i drum housing �howe evidence of something about the width of a man's fore- Iarm having been in contact with it and rubbed off d�e duet. A heavy depoeit I of dust remains around the eurroundtng area. The �reseure awitch is in a � i direct line between the coinbox and the area of the drum where the dust wan i removed. It was also noted that a person in thie poeition would not be able I � to eee the live contacta on the preseure switch. I Conclu�ton• I In vtew of the evidence of the removed duet, the bent support brack.et of the i pressure awitch and the live contacta wliich I verlfied, the victim had ' def{nitely been i� contact wlth a voltage to ground of at least 120 volts. Everything around the area that the victim would have graeped for balance vc[th hte right hand was grounded. Thte would put hie heart in the path of � current flow whtch could be severe enough to cauae fibrilation or paralysie Iof the heart mneclee. � I� I � � � i i I � I