OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221564313
LIBRA ELECTRIC COMPANY
TULSA, OK—
Event description
Employee is killed by electrocution
Investigation abstract
At 3:15 p.m. on May 15, 2023, an employee was servicing a taxiway light. The employee cleared the contacts of a tester and preceded to perform the isolation work. The employee did not perform a second test to determine if the 5kV wire was live. The employee started to remove the electrical tape at the end of the electrical connection to the taxiway light that was connected to a series circuit. As the employee began to disconnect the connectors, the employee contacted the live male end of the series circuit and was electrocuted. The employee was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Event type
- 13
- Occupation code
- 576
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