OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221492366

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS

WINTERS, TX— 2022-08-24T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Communication Cable, Communication Worker, Electric Shock, Electrified, Electrocuted, High Voltage, Insulation, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Overhead Power Line, Repair
NAICS: 517919
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346180680
Employer profile: FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS
Summary number: 221492366
Report ID: 0636900

Event description

Employee Is Killed By Electrocution After Contacting Overhea

Investigation abstract

At 3:50 p.m. on August 24, 2022, an employee was repairing a digital employee raised the lift to follow the same path he took to enter the lines. The employee's head contacted the overhead powerline, and he was killed by electrocution. The employee was not wearing a non-conductive hard hat and the lift was not insulated. communications line. The communications line was mounted on poles shared with high voltage power lines and was mounted approximately 8 feet below the energized lines. The employee used a truck mounted aerial lift to reach the location of the cable repair. The placement of the truck interfered with the employee's ability to rotate the platform into place due to the location of an adjacent tree. The employee elevated the lift over the height of the tree so that he could rotate the lift to position it. Once over the tree, the employee had to lower the lift to perform the repair. After the repair was completed, the

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 35 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
7055

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