OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221559156

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, LLC

BAYARD, NE— 2023-04-25T00:00:00

Event: Cable, Cable Tv Work, Electric Shock, Electrical Wire, Electrocuted, Hand, Head, Installing, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Ladder, Leg, Line Clearance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Overhead Power Line, Power Lines, Repair, Telecom Work
NAICS: 515210
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346666415
Employer profile: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Summary number: 221559156
Report ID: 0728900

Event description

Employee contacts power line and dies when electrocuted

Investigation abstract

On April 25, 2023, an employee working as a technician for an telecommunications company was transitioning the internet connection on a residence from an underground line to an overhead line. The employee had just climbed up a ladder which was resting on a telephone pole. The employee contacted the overhead high voltage power line running 2,000 Volts and 200 Amperes and died after being electrocuted.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 42 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
523

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