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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221365059

SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY, INC.

Event
CONTACT, ELECTRIC METER, ELECTROCUTED, ENERGIZED, LIGHTING, LIGHTING CIRCUIT
NAICS
237130
Inspection type
Unprogrammed Related
Activity number
#345378244
Employer profile
SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY, INC.
Summary number
221365059
Report ID
0636900

Event description

EMPLOYEE IS ELECTROCUTED AND KILLED WHILE TROUBLE SHOOTING L

Investigation abstract

At 10:50 a.m. on June 21, 2021, an employee worked to troubleshoot a two hundred and thirty volt fluorescent lighting circuit in the nacelle of a wind turbine u sing a Fluke multi-meter. At some point, the employee made contact with the ener gized circuit, was electrocuted and killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 0

    Event type
    14

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