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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221564313

LIBRA ELECTRIC COMPANY

Event
Electrical, Electrical Testing, Electrical Wire, Electrical Work, Electrocuted, Lighting, Lighting Circuit, Testing, Unguarded Live Parts
NAICS
238210
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346709769
Employer profile
LIBRA ELECTRIC COMPANY
Summary number
221564313
Report ID
0627700
Project type
C
Construction end-use
P

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

  1. #1 Fatality Age 37 M

    Event type
    13
    Occupation code
    576

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