US Army finds Iraq electrocution death accidental

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N07416135.htm

07 Aug 2009 22:49:36 GMT
Source: Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Army has found that the death of Staff Sergeant Ryan Maseth, who was electrocuted while showering at a Baghdad base in January 2008, was accidental, the Defense Department said on Friday.

A Senate panel had said in May that the electrocution of Maseth, as well as three other soldiers and a contractor, was linked to wiring work carried out by engineering company and military contractor KBR Inc <KBR.N>.

The chairman of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee said at the time the panel had learned that Maseth's death had been reclassified from "accidental" to "negligent homicide."