OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221597917

WESTERN STATES CONTRACTING, INC.

NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV— 2023-09-11T00:00:00

Event: Electrocuted, Lighting, Overhead Power Line
NAICS: 238990
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346968035
Employer profile: WESTERN STATES CONTRACTING, INC.
Summary number: 221597917
Report ID: 0953220
Project type: A
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee is killed when electrocuted

Investigation abstract

At 12:30 p.m. on September 11, 2023, Employee #1 was helping to move a light pole into its base by hand underneath a powerline. The employee was electrocuted and killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 43 M

Event type
14

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