OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221529035

SIMS UTILITY SERVICES, LLC

PRINCETON, WV— 2023-01-11T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Bucket, Contact, Electrocuted, Optical Fiber Cable, Overhead Power Line, Power Line Worker, Power Lines
NAICS: 517919
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346438583
Employer profile: SIMS UTILITY SERVICES, LLC
Summary number: 221529035
Report ID: 0316400

Event description

Employee is killed by electrocution after contacting overhea

Investigation abstract

At 11:13 a.m. on January 11, 2023, an employee was working from an aerial lift, assisting in lashing a new fiber optic line to an existing fiber optic line. The employee moved the lasher over a snowshoe that was a part of the existing line. After that was complete, the lasher was pulled to the next pole by a coworker, the crew lead. The employee raised the bucket of the aerial lift, causing his head to contact one of the primary lines. The employee was electrocuted and killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Event type
13

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