OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221493737

AMERICAN SOUTHWEST ELECTRIC

LAS VEGAS, NV— 2022-09-01T00:00:00

Event: Electrical Wire, Electrical Work, Electrical panel, Electrocuted, Installing
NAICS: 238210
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346195779
Employer profile: AMERICAN SOUTHWEST ELECTRIC
Summary number: 221493737
Report ID: 0953220
Project type: A
Construction end-use: P

Event description

Employee dies after being electrocuted while stripping wire

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on September 1, 2022, an employee was preparing to connect soccer field lightning to an electrical panel. While the employee was stripping a live wire (277 volt, 30 amp), his right middle finger made contact with the wire and he was electrocuted. The employee was transported to the hospital and died later that day.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 45 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
575

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