OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221464951
MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY
MEDFORD, MA—
Event description
Employee is killed by electric arc
Investigation abstract
At 12:30 a.m. on May 26, 2022, an employee was tying an electrical line to a transformer. A 13,000-volt electric arc was produced, and the employee sustained an electric shock. The employee was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Event type
- 13
- Occupation code
- 577
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