OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221471717

NORTEX GC INC

DALLAS, TX— 2022-06-17T00:00:00

Event: Burn, Construction, Electric Shock, Electrical, Electrical Burn, Electrocuted, Energized, Hand, Hand Tool, Installing, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Shock, Water Heater
NAICS: 236220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346033137
Employer profile: NORTEX GC INC
Summary number: 221471717
Report ID: 0626300
Project type: E
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is shocked while installing water dispenser, later

Investigation abstract

At 4:30 p.m. on June 17, 2022, an employee was installing a face plate for an electrical switch on the wall in a breakroom. The employee was installing an Insta-Hot on a 277 volt energized circuit using a non-insulted stripper cutter. The employee was shocked and burned both hands as a result. The employer had the employee transported to the hospital, where he later died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 32 M

Event type
13

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