OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221506579

MID-SOUTH ELECTRIC CONTRACTORS, INC.

MEMPHIS, TN— 2022-10-19T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Electric Shock, Electrician, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Head, Lighting Fixture, Stepladder, Traumatic Brain Injury, Troubleshooting
NAICS: 238210
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346295017
Employer profile: MID-SOUTH ELECTRIC CONTRACTORS, INC.
Summary number: 221506579
Report ID: 0454711
Project type: B
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from step ladder

Investigation abstract

At 11:44 a.m. on October 19, 2022, an employee, an electrician, was troubleshooting an LED lighting fixture on an 8-foot step ladder when he received an electric shock and fell. As the employee fell, he struck his head on a section of a cubicle structure and died due to the head trauma and brain injury.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 47 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
575

Fall distance
6

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