OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221382526
149872 - SIMPSON ELECTRICAL, INC.
SANFORD, NC·
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
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Event type
- 13
- Occupation code
- 999
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