OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221530470

CAPLACO MANAGEMENT COMPANY

SHILOH, IL— 2023-01-16T00:00:00

Event: Ballast--Lighting, Burn, Electric Shock, Electrical Work, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Head, Laceration, Ladder, Traumatic
NAICS: 531312
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346449341
Employer profile: CAPLACO MANAGEMENT COMPANY
Summary number: 221530470
Report ID: 0524530
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee dies after electric shock and fall from ladder

Investigation abstract

At 9:45 a.m. on January 16, 2023, an employee was on an 8-foot Husky A frame ladder, accessing a work area crawl space for outdoor light fixtures. The employee was changing a ballast and received an electrical shock. The employee fell approximately 9 ? feet to the sidewalk below, sustaining electric shock, skin burns, head lacerations, and other unspecified trauma. The employee was hospitalized and died on January 19, 2023.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 59 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
579

Fall distance
10

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