OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221583024

STATE LINE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE LLC

LINCOLN PARK, MI— 2023-06-24T00:00:00

Event: Construction, Contact, Drill, Drilling, Electric Shock, Electrical, Electrical Wire, Electrocuted, Glove, Hand, Installing, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Repair, Shock
NAICS: 237130
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346851694
Employer profile: STATE LINE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE LLC
Summary number: 221583024
Report ID: 0552651
Project type: C
Construction end-use: O

Event description

Employee drilling on equipment dies due to electrocution

Investigation abstract

At 12:45 p.m. on June 24, 2023, an employee working for a transmission line construction company was using a drill. The employee was holding part of newly installed equipment when the ground wire made contact with a cutout of the installed equipment. This created a phase to ground circuit, which the worker contacted with his drill and bare hand. The employee died due to electrocution.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Event type
14

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