OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221589054

R & A ROAD BORING LLC

PASADENA, TX— 2023-08-09T00:00:00

Event: Contact, Current, Electric Shock, Electrocuted, Excavator, Overhead Power Line, Spotter, Spotting
NAICS: 237110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346900707
Employer profile: R & A ROAD BORING LLC
Summary number: 221589054
Report ID: 0626700
Project type: A
Construction end-use: P

Event description

Employee is electrocuted when excavator contacts power line

Investigation abstract

At 8:15 a.m. on August 9, 2023, an employee was on the ground guiding an excavator operator when it came into contact with a 1247 kV overhead power line. The current from the power line passed through the employee to the ground, and he was electrocuted.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
7010

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.