OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221497761

WAYNE MITCHELL DBA WAYNE MITCHELL

AURORA, IL— 2022-09-07T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Climbing on Ladder, Contact, Electric Shock, Electric Sign, Electrician, Energized, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Floor, Head, Installing, Lighting Circuit
NAICS: 221122
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346232101
Employer profile: WAYNE MITCHELL DBA WAYNE MITCHELL
Summary number: 221497761
Report ID: 0521400
Project type: B
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee falls from ladder, later dies

Investigation abstract

At 4:00 p.m. on September 7, 2022, an employee, an electrician, was working on a ladder installing an exit sign when he contacted a 277-volt emergency circuit, received an electric shock, and fell from the ladder striking his head on the tile floor. The employee was transported to the hospital and died due to his injuries in the following days.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 39 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
575

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