OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221501752

OSCAR ANDINO

NEW ORLEANS, LA— 2022-09-28T00:00:00

Event: Contact, Crawl Space, Cutting, Electrical Wire, Electrocuted, Energized, Floor Hole, Installing, Pipe
NAICS: 236115
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346260581
Employer profile: OSCAR ANDINO
Summary number: 221501752
Report ID: 0625700
Project type: B
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee is electrocuted while cutting hole in floor

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 noon on September 28, 2022, an employee was cutting a hole in a floor from the crawlspace under the house in order to run a utility pipe up into the house. While cutting upwards into the flooring, the employee contacted electrical wiring and was electrocuted. Emergency services were called, and the employee was pronounced dead at the scene.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 99 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
7010

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