OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221573462

B & L CONSTRUCTION AND EXCAVATING, INC.

SWANVILLE, ME— 2023-06-16T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Aerial Lift Controls, Basket, Electrical Burn, Electrocuted, Overhead Power Line
NAICS: 237130
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346777923
Employer profile: B & L CONSTRUCTION AND EXCAVATING, INC.
Summary number: 221573462
Report ID: 0111100
Project type: A
Construction end-use: O

Event description

Employee is killed via electrocution

Investigation abstract

At 3:15 p.m. on June 16, 2023, an employee was moving an aerial lift via the ground controls. The basket of the aerial lift contacted the powerline. The employee suffered severe burns and electrocution and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 31 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
7055

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