OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221590797
AGAVE LD LLC
AUSTIN, TX—
Event description
Employee is electrocuted while trimming trees with pole saw
Investigation abstract
At 3:00 p.m. on August 14, 2023, an employee was performing property clean-up including tree trimming. The employee was working from an extension ladder using a pole saw to trim tree suckers from limbs overhead when his pole saw made contact with a primary electrical line. The employee received an electrical shock to his right hand that traveled through his body and exited out of his lower left leg. The employee died due to electrocution.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Event type
- 13
- Occupation code
- 0
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