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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221382526

149872 - SIMPSON ELECTRICAL, INC.

Event
Ballast--Lighting, Contact, Electrocuted, Lighting, Lighting Fixture, Unguarded Live Parts
NAICS
238210
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345483093
Employer profile
149872 - SIMPSON ELECTRICAL, INC.
Summary number
221382526
Report ID
0453710

Event description

Employee is electrocuted and killed while working on light f

Investigation abstract

At 3:25 p.m. on August 16, 2021, an employee worked to replace fluorescent light fixtures and ballasts with LED lighting. The employee worked from a lift to access the area above a drop ceiling to work on the lighting. At some point, the employee made contact with a live 280 volt wire and was electrocuted and killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 47 M

    Event type
    13
    Occupation code
    999

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