OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221597081

TSO INC

KILLBUCK, OH— 2023-09-06T00:00:00

Event: Conductive Hose, Contact, Electrocuted, Installing, Optical Fiber Cable, Overhead Power Line, Roller--Const Equip
NAICS: 237130
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346961857
Employer profile: TSO INC
Summary number: 221597081
Report ID: 0522500
Project type: A
Construction end-use: O

Event description

Employee is electrocuted after contacting overhead powerline

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on September 6, 2023, an employee was preparing to install a fiber optic communication cable onto an elevated support strand from the ground, along an existing power line easement location. After attaching a metal cable roller to the end of the nylon string, which contained a woven tracer wire, the employee threw the roller up towards the cable strand. The roller struck the energized 7,200-volt power line located above. The employee was electrocuted while holding the conductive rope. The employee was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 46 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
7055

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