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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221379605

QSI, LLC

Event
Aerial Lift, Ceiling, Cleaning, Electric Cord, Electrocuted, Stuck, Wheel
NAICS
561790
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345466577
Employer profile
QSI, LLC
Summary number
221379605
Report ID
0418100

Event description

Employee is electrocuted by flexible electrical cord

Investigation abstract

At 5:30 a.m. on August 8, 2021, an employee was cleaning equipment and the ceiling structure of a chicken plant. The employee was in a one-person lift and ran over a flexible electrical cord that became stuck in the wheel well of the lift. The employee tried to remove the cord from the wheel well and was killed by electrocution.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 23 M

    Event type
    13
    Occupation code
    453

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