OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221475957

104580 - TRYSTAR LLC

FARIBAULT, MN— 2022-06-10T00:00:00

Event: Busbar, Circuit Breaker, Contact, Electric Shock, Electric current, Electrical, Electrocuted, Energized, Hand, Head, Lack of Work Procedures, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Testing
NAICS: 331420
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346015746
Employer profile: 104580 - TRYSTAR LLC
Summary number: 221475957
Report ID: 0552700

Event description

Employee is electrocuted testing docking station

Investigation abstract

On June 10, 2022, an employee working alone and was conducting quality control tests and programing the unit before it was shipped to a buyer. The docking station had not been deenergized. The employee reached inside the back of the unit, causing his right hand to contact the energized busbar. He was electrocuted and killed while providing power to a 480 volt dual breaker docking station.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 33 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
999

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