OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221584642
CURRENT ELECTRIC SERVICE, INC.
FORT MYERS BEACH, FL—
Event description
Employee is killed via electrocution
Investigation abstract
At 12:45 p.m. on July 25, 2023, an employee was laying on the grass in the prone position, while using a handheld uninsulated cutting plier to remove/strip the insulation from the end of an energized electrical wire, which was located in an existing below grade electrical junction box. The employee, who was not wearing PPE/electrically insulated gloves, was electrocuted and was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Event type
- 13
- Occupation code
- 575
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