Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221590797

AGAVE LD LLC

Event
Chain Saw, Contact, Electric Shock, Electrocuted, Landscaper, Landscaping, Metal Pole, Power Lines, Tree, Tree Trimming
NAICS
561730
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346912397
Employer profile
AGAVE LD LLC
Summary number
221590797
Report ID
0625400

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

  1. #1 Fatality Age 44 M

    Event type
    13
    Occupation code
    0

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