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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221584642

CURRENT ELECTRIC SERVICE, INC.

Event
Electrical Box, Electrocuted, Glove, Insulated Tool, Insulation, PPE, Removing
NAICS
238210
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346863624
Employer profile
CURRENT ELECTRIC SERVICE, INC.
Summary number
221584642
Report ID
0420600
Project type
B
Construction end-use
C

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

  1. #1 Fatality Age 35 M

    Event type
    13
    Occupation code
    575

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